National Moth Week events today, July 26, 2016
These are mothing events being held today, July 26, 2016! Check the map for mothing events being held around the world today. Green events are public, Blue are private.
A Guide to BugGuide, Guest post by Robert Lord Zimlich
Robert Lord Zimlich is a Contributing Editor for BugGuide.net. If you have images of insects and spiders that you would like identified, BugGuide.net, is the premier identification website in North America. The interactive nature and easy submitting process, continue to be major factors in its success. Unlike similar websites, a contributor need only register, and …
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In praise of moths – Guest post by Matthew Gandy
Matthew Gandy is a Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and the author of the new book ‘Moth’. The pitch invasion by moths at the Stadte de France brought these fascinating and mysterious insects to public attention. In truth, however, moths have been making a “comeback” for several years. Why should this …
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National Moth Week events today, July 25, 2016
There are 98 mothing events today, July 25, 2016! Check the map for mothing events being held around the world today. Green events are public, Blue are private.
National Moth Week events today, July 24,2016
There are 87 mothing events today, July 24, 2016! Check the map for mothing events being held around the world today. Green events are public, Blue are private.
What’s National Moth Week all about? Watch This and Find Out
We’re often – no always – asked how and why National Moth Week started; what’s so special about moths, and how can you watch them. Those questions recently were answered by NMW co-founders Liti Haramaty and Dave Moskowitz in an interview with their local TV station, EBTV. The shoot took place in Liti’s backyard, where …
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(Inter-)National Moth Week, Guest post by Gil Wizen
Gil Wizen is an entomologist, wildlife photographer and blogger based in Canada, focusing on natural history, taxonomy, and behavior of several arthropod groups. When all that people talk about right now is going outdoors with their smartphones and tablets to play the current-trendy Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game of hunting fictional creatures, it seems …
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Japanese Underwings
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. Dr. Utsugi Jinbo, NMW Japan coordinator and Science Advisory Board member, shared a webpage of Catocalas found in Japan. Click here to see more. More Catocala posted by Japanese moth’ers here and here. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr …
Moth inspired art in Japan
Many people in Japan enjoy creating art and craft works that have motifs of living beings. This page links to artists’ work inspired by moths. http://www.nationalmothweek-jp.net/en/arts.html\ Here are some examples: National Moth Week in Japan – information at http://www.nationalmothweek-jp.net/
Moths: Why moths? Hong Kong; National Moth Week; Citizen Science; iNaturalist. By Roger Kendrick
I have been asked to write a few words on moths and NMW. So here, in a not too roundabout way, I’ll attempt to explain the significance of moths and National Moth Week . First up – moths. Why should anyone study moths at all…. ? An intrinsic answer would be “because they’re there, they …