(The character of Archy, created by Don Marquis in 1916, was a cockroach who had been a poet in a previous incarnation. To write he must leap headfirst onto the keys of a typewriter, and thus is unable to capitalize his letters.) i was talking to a moth the other evening he was trying to …
the lesson of the moth by archy (a poem by Don Marquis) Read More »
Here’s a cool video of a newly-eclosed death’s head hawkmoth (Sphingidae) drying and unfurling its wings: Death’s head hawkmoths achieved fame and fortune in the Silence of the Lambs.
Here’s a short video excerpt from the classic David Attenborough BBC documentary, Life in the Undergrowth. It features a burnet moth (Zygaenidae) pollinating a pyramidal orchid – with a brief cameo by Macroglossum stellatarum (Sphingidae).
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, located in the Pinelands National Reserve, hosted a National Moth Week event on July 22. Dr. Jamie Cromartie, Associate Professor of Entomology, led the event. Students and members of the community gathered on campus July 22 with Dr. Jamie Cromartie, associate professor of Entomology, for the college’s National …
Jefferson County Park’s July 24th moth night brought in a wide range of ages from elementary students to teens to senior citizens. Check out some pictures:
I posted this last year, but I thought it was worth a re-post. It always makes me smile! Saturniids are huge they’re as big as your hat, Elastichiids are tiny as an anorexic gnat – and micropterigiids are smaller than that. What are we talking about? MOTHS! Moths of the Limberlost all look …
Richard Parsons from BellaVista Cloud Forest Reserve in Ecuador sends us the following write-up about their NMW event: “Moths in Bellavista are of an enormous diversity, and we know from scientists that many species are likely to be new to science. The Cloud Forests of northwestern Ecuador are still well-preserved at our altitude (above 1500m …
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Here’s a cool and informative blog post by Ohio resident Deb Plath about her first mothing experience. “…When we were invited to attend a private mothing event at the Wahkeena Nature Preserve, we decided to give it a try. We really weren’t sure how to go about it or what to expect, but Robyn and Tom …
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Allison Kenney wrote this blog post about her experiences mothing in Turner, ME. “…Sadly, I was unable to attract any in South Portland. I’m pretty sure the only attention I attracted was from the neighbors wondering why there was a sheet attached to the deck with a flashlight pointed towards it. I shut off every …
Doug Allen from Inman, SC tells us the following about the event: “We had a superb Nat’l Moth Week get-to-gether Monday, July 22, here in Inman, SC, with over 40 species recorded in about two hours. Unfortunately heavy rain stated at 11 PM limiting our mothing to about two hours. We had 7 naturalists from about age …
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