Published on WILDNEWJERSEY at 11/7/2011 by Dave Moskowitz This is my first column for Wild New Jersey and I am very excited that I was asked to contribute. I hope to focus future columns on the incredible moths around us. With that theme in mind, I am very excited to introduce a new project that is underway …
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Jim Harrison, photographer Harvard News Office From: The Scientist, October 1, 2011 One of the fundamental questions of biology is the amount and full nature of biodiversity on Earth. It should be worrisome to all that 250 years after Carl Linnaeus introduced the practice of binomial nomenclature and articulated the goal of identifying all species …
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“Mothing in Alaska” was sent to NMW by Ken Philip I know of only two people in Alaska who collect moths: Jim Kruse, and me. UV light traps work much better in August than July (and you can forget about June!). Of course, Alaska does have moths. I have attached a photo showing what turned …
Bob Patterson who developed and maintains the awesome Moth Photographers Group offers this guidance about data collection: We are beginning a mapping project at Moth Photographers Group. All data that we receive will be shared with BAMONA (Butterflies and Moths of North America) and any other mapping project that wants it. Participants should submit a …
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This is my new mercury vapor lamp setup, or as I like to call it, my “non-trapping light trap.” Hopefully no bugs will be harmed in the taking of my photos this spring and summer. Jennifer Forman Orth (Massachusetts)
Here’s my little set up that I mainly use–pillowcase on a dowel, hung over a light fixture. In the fixture I’ve tried ordinary CFLs, “black light” CFL, and the black incandescent light bulb from Spencer’s. I sometimes move the cloth around to other fixtures that have incandescent bulbs. Of course the moths land on the …
As of of today seventeen states are registered as participants in NMW 2011. See map on the Location page.Alabama Connecticut Georgia Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New York North Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin
Here is my setup in my backyard. The sheet is in the rear of the photo.I use a Bioquip 175W Mercury Vapor Light and a ballast I bought through an ad in the News of the Lepidopterist’s Society and run it off of an outlet by the deck. I have a typical 1\3 acre suburban …
Mercury Vapor Light on back of wood shed (pillow case instead of sheet for better photos on the wood surface). The fine pillow case came from Ocean State Job lot so it was the best $3.00 could buy… Fran, this is the back of my wood shed that is adjacent to my back patio. The …
I think this particular mix is banana, watermelon, orange, maybe grapes and/or apple. After awhile I dump it out and start over. If it’s too dry, it just gets hard. Too wet and it just gets mushy & moldy. (Fran Cutrell Rutkovsky) Only one moth showed up tonight when I checked the pears. Looks like …
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