Ken Philip sent thesee photos from his NMW event in Alaska. Here are two photos showing all the moths obtained by Jim Kruse and me the night of 27-28 July in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest. The first photo is my catch (KWP) and the second is Jim’s …
A moth caterpillar disguising itself as a flower, was found by NJMC Botanist Kate Lepis at Skeetkill Creek Marsh (New Jersey Meadowlands), September, 2012. Read more and see photos on the Meadowland Nature Blog. Thanks to Jim Wright for sending the link.
Nicole Parker, a Masters Student at the Entomology Department, Purdue University wrote about their NMW event: The Department of Entomology hosted an event at Horticulture Park on the Purdue University campus on July 27th, 2012 to participate in the first National Moth Week created by David Moskowitz and Liti Haramaty. National Moth Week aims …
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Brigette Zacharczenko is a graduate student who studies caterpillars. Sometimes she catches moths, too. And snakes. And salamanders. And beetles. Basically anything that moves.She wrote about NMW on her caterpillarblog – larval adventures: My blogging has been delinquent – I never got around to talking about National Moth Week last week! The very first National Moth …
Jake Francis, Director of Environmental Education at the Schrader Center wrote about their NMW even on the Schrader Environmental Education Center blog: For those of you that were unaware, last week was National Moth Week. National Moth Week was a nation-wide push for hobbyists and scientists to survey moths anywhere, from porch lights to national forests. Though the …
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The Dragonfly Woman tells the story of a rainy NMW event on her blog: I hosted a public moth night for National Moth Week over the weekend. I was really ready. I had enough lights, traps, and baits to have about 8 moth viewing stations spread across the grounds. I had a good 50 people …
Andy Matz and Gabrielle Cooper organized a NMW event in Nebraska, at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center in Denton, (Just outside of Lincoln). They got volunteers’ help from the UNL Insect Science Club and members of the UNL Entomology department. Andy told us about the event in a recent email: “While we didn’t have many …
Dino J. Martins is a Kenyan entomologist, and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Dino participated in NMW in Kenya and blogged about it on his personal blog and on his National Geographic New Watch column. Read about Dino’s mothing during NMW on National Geographic News Watch Read Dudu Diaries – Dino’s blog about the world …
The Second Annual National Moth Week will start on July 20th, 2013 and continue until July 28th. It’s not too early to register – see information and online registration form here.
The Delaware caterpillar walk was organized by the Society of Natural History of Delaware, and was led by Brian Cutting from the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, at the University of Delaware. About 40 people of all ages attended the event. Many lepidoptera species in various life stages including the well camouflaged ‘curve-lined angle’ …
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