India is rich with both moths and people who love to study them. Each year,it has ranked second to the U.S. in the number of National Moth Week events registered on our website. NMW also has had a lot of assistance from our Indian collaborators in encouraging other experts to get involved and increase participation …
Pritha Dey Welcomed as Country Coordinator for India Read More »
We’re pleased to welcome Vestine Ingabire as the country coordinator forthe African nation of Rwanda. Thank you to team members Vijay Barve and Sunday Kakpo for helping to increase representation on the vast African continent, where climate change is a serious concern affecting wildlife. Vestine offers an introduction to her country, her career as a …
Meet Vestine Ingabire, Country Coordinator for Rwanda Read More »
National Moth Week proudly welcomes SciStarter <https://scistarter.org/>,the globally acclaimed, online citizen science hub, as its newest partnerorganization. SciStarter helps connect millions of citizen scientists around the worldwith thousands of potential projects offered by researchers, organizations,and companies, along with the resources, products, and services that enablecitizens to pursue and enjoy these activities. According to its website, …
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Even though it is “winter” in July in Australia, there is still a lot of insect activity night and day. The numbers of individuals and the species diversity may be reduced but we often find species that are not well known simply because entomologists are not very active during the winter period. We will put …
Moth Night at Cairns Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Read More »
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Join Michael Sarill of Project Noah at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, for a virtual program about thepopular online global community of nature enthusiasts and its collaboration with National Moth Week,which starts July 17.Sponsored by the East Brunswick Public Library in partnership with the Friends of the East BrunswickEnvironmental Commission (FriendsEBEC), the program will be …
The richly diverse moth population of Sri Lanka has a great friend in Nuwan Chathuranga Jayawardana. With an interest in moths and butterflies going back to childhood, Nuwan has spent much of his adult career photographing and documenting the South Asian island nation’s hundreds of moth species, even authoring a book on them. Nuwan also …
Indiana Cristo is among a small group of people outside the U.S. who’ve been participating in National Moth Week every year since it was founded in 2012. So, it was an easy decision for him to become the country coordinator for his native land of Colombia – our first coordinator in South America. As a …
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As National Moth Week’s country coordinator for the West Africa nation of Liberia, Dr. Benedictus “Ben” Freeman has a big task ahead of him: introduce his fellow citizens to the enriching and fun experience of moth-watching. A conservation biologist who specializes in ornithology, Ben admits that mothing had not been on his radar until recently. …
Benedictus Freeman’s Task: Introduce Mothing to Liberia Read More »
My name is Jessica Hernández Jerónimo. I studied biology and I’m in the process of getting my bachelor’s degree at Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Aútonoma de México in Mexico City. I did my thesis about the diversity of butterflies of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila; and it is from there that I had my first …
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