This post is courtesy of Roy Goff, who will be hosting a National Moth Week event in the Gambia! “I will be attempting a light trapping session at Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia. This is a nationally protected site of gallery forest operated by The Department of Wildlife and Conservation Management. This is the …
Alison is hosting an event in Ontario and created this coloring book for her daughter who is too young to stay awake for the entire event. Check it out here
Pacific Northwest Moths is a comprehensive source of information about more than 1,200 species of moths. Drawing from the knowledge of moth experts and specimen records from the region’s major insect collections, this site features detailed species accounts, high resolution photographs, and an interactive identification key for every Pacific Northwest moth species within the families Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Erebidae, …
Bill Parker is “just an old retired guy (ceramic engineer – not a biologist) who considers himself a student of natural history.” Bill volunteers at the Dungeness River Audubon Center and the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and has run some moth programs at the nature center and at Sequim Bay State Park to encourage kids …
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This post comes courtesy of Katie Barry, a Ph.D. student in Stefan Schnitzer’s lab group at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. I am especially excited for you all to read about Katie because she was my field assistant in the summers of 2009 and 2010. Katie was the best assistant I could have asked …
Doug is a long time birder (40+ years) who retired to upstate SC and discovered butterflies 4 years ago. He recently bought the new Petersen Field Guide to Moths plus a black light and has been completely amazed at the variety and coloration of moths which he had thought of as non-descript brown or grey jobbies. …
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Jim Wright is hosting a NMW event in Allendale, NJ, at the historic Fell House on Thursday, July 26. Jim’s set up consists of two CFL blacklights and a fluorescent light to attract moths and other insects. The event is sponsored by the Fyke Nature Association and the Concerned Citizens of Allendale. The Fyke Nature …
MOTH MONTHLY SPECIAL Celebrate moths – day and night! In honor of National Moth Week, BioQuipBugs is offering a selection of moths for our new monthly special. Click on the link below to view the monthly special list. If you order from this selection of specimens, you will receive them at 10% off the list price. …
In addition to donating a book, Jim has graciously supplied us with a blog post: “I am a life-long Minnesotan with a M. S. in Zoology from the University of Minnesota. I’ve been studying moths since 1989 (but also as a boy, and again as a teen), mostly in Minnesota and Costa Rica. I do a …
Nicole Parker is a graduate student in the Department of Entomology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. As the social chair for the Entomological Graduate Organization (EGO), a group dedicated to encouraging graduate students to be more involved and proactive within the department, she thought this would be a great opportunity to gather the …
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