Moth Night, Cairns, Australia
Photos from Moth Night at Cattana Wetland
Carrying on the Message
By Marnie Crowell We live on the eastern edge of the time zone, on an island on the coast of Maine where our lobstermen routinely start their working day well before dawn. When the first National Moth Week came along with folks from all over sharing their moth sheet and black lights, we just could …
Home of the First ‘Moth Ball’ Still Flying
“Moth Balls” are popular, cleverly named gatherings around the U.S. to watch moths, socialize and eat during National Moth Week. The first one may have been celebrated at the home of Dave and Shelley Small in Athol, Massachusetts, USA. where Moth Balls predate the founding of National Moth Week. Dave, a longtime member of National …
India Leads Participation in National Moth Week’s 10th Year
Guest post by Pritha Dey, Country Coordinator for India National Moth Week ended July 25 with over 1000 registrations from India!! In the 10th year of this global initiative, National Moth Week saw unprecedented participation from the different corners of the country. As the country coordinator for India, I had equal fun in arranging the …
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First Impressions: A (Moth) Night to Remember
Guest blog by Dhruv Rungta I stepped out of Dad’s car and spritzed myself with bug spray. While I was fascinated by insects, I was definitely not a bug person. Not yet, at least. I was simply at the National Moth Week event in East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, because I liked learning new things. …
Cairns Botanic Gardens in Australia Hosts 65 for Moth Night
By Dave Rentz, Australia Country Coordinator The annual Moth Night was held on an unusually warm and humid night on July 14. The event waspreceded by a Sausage Sizzle. Approximately 65 people attended, most of whom weremembers of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens. Light sheets were set in the rainforest near the entrance to …
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Project Noah 2021 NMW Patch
Share a moth photo into Project Noah’s Moths of the World Mission to earn the special once-a-year 2021 Moth Patch. Users can share any moth photo taken over the last year into this mission. Be sure to select “Moths of the World” under missions when uploading the photo to Project Noah.
Welcome Dr. Stefan Pinkert as Country Coordinator for Germany
Biologist and worldwide biodiversity researcher Dr. Stefan Pinkert has joined National Moth Week as the country coordinator for Germany.Stefan has done biodiversity assessment in a long list of countries including China, the Philippines, Ethiopia, as well as the Cape Verdes, andin museums in Leiden in the Netherlands, Paris and Frankfurt. “I am broadly interested in studying …
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Help with identifying moths of the Eastern United States
Guest blog by Ken Childs, NMW team member I’ve been mothing in western Tennessee for 15 years and during that time, I’ve amassed thousands of photos of the species that can be found here. The best of these are posted to my Lepidoptera albums on flickr. There are more than 1,600 species of moths represented …
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Thank you to all the translators of the NMW fliers
Thank you to all our voluntary translators! We are thrilled to have voluntary support in translating the National Moth Week 2021 flyers into different languages. We have flyers in 21 languages uploaded on our website now. This year we are targeting 1000 registrations for the NMW event and we will be able to reach out …
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