Crystal Ernst (best known online by her internet alter-ego “TGIQ”) is a PhD candidate studying Arctic beetle assemblages and functional ecology at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. She is also very passionate about science education and outreach. She has been communicating about insects and natural history though her blog, www.thebuggeek.com, since 2009. You can also …
John Beetham is a moth’er in Central NJ and a NMW supporter through his ‘A DC Birding Blog‘. John sent us a picture of his mothing setup and a description: I use a 13-watt CFL blacklight (which I think is a 60-watt-equivalent in terms of brightness) clipped to a tripod and projected on a white …
Lepidoptera are estimated to be about 80% moths and 20% butterflies. Although huge in numbers of species, moths, largely nocturnal, have taken a back seat to their typically more colorful diurnal butterfly cousins in our imaginations, enthusiasm, and culture. National Moth Week may be the beginning of our appreciation of our moths — their fantastic …
Butterflies and Moths of North America (www.butterfliesandmoths.org) is excited to partner with National Moth Week (NMW). Our website provides easy online submission of your backyard photographs, and we encourage all NMW participants to create a free account and to submit data they collect. Participants in NMW can upload their photographs and our team of regional …
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It’s this simple: Get an album. Take photos of moths (and photos marking the time and place you found them). Upload photos to your album. Tag with location. Do it better than anyone else — collect your money! Discover Life is challenging ourselves to set up 100 moth photographers around the eastern US to collect …
Bergen County Audubon Society (www.bergencountyaudubon.org) is the local chapter of The National Audubon in Northern New Jersey. We are an all volunteer organization founded in 1941 and are now in our 71st year. Our mission is to promote and protect wildlife in its natural habitat by providing opportunities for observation and conservation. Bergen County Audubon …
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National Moth Week has teamed up with leading nature-writers to give participants a unique opportunity to win a signed copy of their books. Click here for details. A list and information of the books was published here [and see a list below]. We recently obtained a copy of WJ Holland’s that will also be offered …
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John Himmelman is a naturalist who makes his living as an author and illustrator. While most of his 70+ books are for children, he also writes books for adults on various topics of natural history. His first in this genre was “Discovering Moths; Nighttime Jewels In Your Own Backyard”, published by Down East Books. The …
I couldn’t decide how to start this blog post, so I turned to Google for help. I started by asking “what is a blog”, and this is what Google informed me: “A blog is a Web site containing the writer’s or group of writers’ own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links.” …
Marcie O’Connor is a moth’er in western Wisconsin. Marcie lives on an old farm that she and her husband are trying to “unfarm” and bring back the prairies and savannas that were here before it was farmed. On her website/blog ‘A Prairie Haven‘, Marcie writes about life on the farm and about mothing Attracting Moths …
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