We at National Moth Week, would like to wish everyone a very happy Moth’ers day. It is a happy Moth’ers day for us and all NMW participants and collaborator. As of today there are over 150 moth week events registered in 6 countries, 31 US states and 2 Canadian provinces. Our collaborators include moth and …
On Thursday night, the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (www.friendsebec.com) welcomed Seabrooke Leckie to the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center as part of her east coast book tour. Seabrooke is the co-author of the amazing new Peterson Field Guide to the Moths of Eastern North America and this was her only book tour …
Ken Childs, who posts and comments about moths and mothing on the Facebook group, sent us this description of his setup: The frame is made out of 3/4″ PVC pipe. I coated some scrap pieces of pvc with grease, put them in the holes in the cinder blocks and then filled the holes with concrete. …
From: The Scientist An evolutionary biologist’s posthumous publication restores the peppered moth to its iconic status as a textbook example of evolution. By Cristina Luiggi | May 1, 2012 4 Comments SALT AND PEPPER: Camouflage is the key to peppered moth predator avoidance.Michael Majerus It must have seemed terribly ironic to late University of Cambridge …
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society collaborate on more 36 free nature programs a year, including events focusing on moths and butterflies. During the warmer months, the Meadowlands Nature Blog (www.meadowblog.net) posts frequent butterfly and moth sightings in the 30.4-square-mile Meadowlands District in Northern New Jersey. We at the New …
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Recently, on the Mothing Facebook page, John Himmelman posted a picture and description of his setup: “My moth light set-up. A UV “de-zappified” bug zapper with sheet attached to shed. The shed’s at the far end of the mowed yard at the edge of the woods. I keep it set up against the shed because …
Donna Brunet has combined an educational background in environmental history and entomology into a full-time career as a free-lance photographer specializing in insect photographs. Her images are of wild, free-flying insects with the exception of a few moths collected at lights. She is currently completing work as the author and primary photographer for a new …
National Moth Week offers an unparalleled opportunity to contribute meaningful scientific data about moths. We encourage data collection and high quality photographic documentation of moths during National Moth Week for anyone interested in this important endeavor. Obtaining voucher specimens for museum collections and DNA analysis for certain Families is also encouraged. For many moth species …
Eric H. Metzler first saw butterflies at his grandmother’s rock garden. Tolerant parents allowed Eric to collect butterflies, and other natural history objects. Except for the fiddler crabs, Eric’s dad insisted that all specimens be dead. Profits from a paper route enabled the purchase of Holland’s The Butterfly Book, which cost $31.00 in 1955! At …
John grew up and lives central NJ. He started birding in his late 20s when he lived in D.C., and participated in several bird-related citizen science projects, including Christmas Bird Counts, the Great Backyard Bird Count, and the C&O Canal Midwinter Bird Survey, which he helped organize for a few years. Currently he is volunteering …
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