Our East Brunswick kickoff event for NMW 2013 will be Saturday July 20th at the East Brunswick Butterfly Park (corner of Rues Lane and Winton Road). To celebrate, we, along with the post office, created an official National Moth Week stamp cancelation. A temporary U.S. Postal station will be set up in the Butterfly Park, 10 a.m. …
NMW Postal Cancellation and Kickoff Event at East Brunswick Butterfly Park Read More »
The Garth and Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History is proud to announce “Moth Madness 2013,” as part of their National Moth Week events. The Museum is part of Southern Utah University. During Moth Madness participants will learn why moths are attracted to light at night as participants assist Dr. Jackie Grant in a night …
Moth Madness at the Garth and Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History, Iron County, UT Read More »
Richard Parsons is hosting mothing events every night of NMW at Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve near Quito, Ecuador. Bellavista is a certified ecolodge and 700 ha private reserve. There is a huge diversity of moths in this cloud forest (at 2000-2200 metres elevation, 7000-7500 feet) and many species are yet to be identified … for …
NMW Events at Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador Read More »
Do you guys remember Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver’s Venezuela NMW events from 2012? Well Cristo is back this year to participate in NMW. In fact he’s been running moth nights – Noches de Pollillas as monthly events since last year’s NMW! He holds his events at a cloud forest that is part of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research …
Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver’s NMW events in Venezuela Read More »
Join Ken Philips at the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest for his NMW events in Alaska. Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest is part of a long term ecological research program designed to study and monitor ecosystem structure and function and successional processes in taiga forests of interior Alaska. It is located approximately 20 km southwest of Fairbanks, Alaska, …
NMW events at Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, Fairbanks, AK Read More »
Wehr Nature Center located in Franklin, WI is hosting a NMW event on Friday, July 19. According to their event page, there are only 12 species of moths documented for Milwaukee county (where the nature center is located)! Wehr Nature Center invites you to participate in a Citizen Science National Moth Week Event to learn how …
As moth’ers, one of the questions we get asked most frequently (if not THE most frequently asked question) is, of course, What is the difference between a butterfly and a moth? We’ve all got our stock answer to rattle off: butterflies have club-tipped antennae, most moths are nocturnal while most butterflies are diurnal (though there …
New NMW supporter, the Midwest Native Plant Society is holding its 5th Annual Midwest Native Plant Conference on July 26, 27 & 28, 2013 and will include NMW events. Check out their agenda: Saturday conference Keynote speaker, Professor Doug Tallamy, will inspire you about “Your Role in Building Biological Corridors: Networks for Life” . On Friday evening, back by popular demand, we …
The Quincy Bog Nature Center will host an event called Moths on a Summer Evening, 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. on Friday July 26 in Rumney, NH. It will feature a slide show presentation about moths followed by an opportunity to observe moths at black-lighted sheets. Contact person for the center for this event is Marguerite Crowell, …
Moths on a Summer Evening at the Quincy Bog Nature Center, Rumney NH Read More »
…was totally awesome! We had a great turnout – in terms of both people and moths. Highlights included Robins carpenterworm, a Rosy maple, an Anna leopard and both male and female Io moths!
Stay up-to-date on all things Moth Week and Mothing.
National Moth Week is a project of the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (Friends of EBEC), a 501c-3 nonprofit organization.
©️ 2024 National Moth Week. All Rights Reserved.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
We use cookies to improve your browsing experience on our website, to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. By clicking “Accept,” you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. You can manage your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent at any time by accessing the cookie settings in your browser. For more information about how we use cookies, please read our Privacy Policy.