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Project Noah Fun Fact: Ghost moths

For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about moths. From Project Noah: While many female moths and butterflies attract males through the use of pheromores, ghost moths in the family Hepialidae display partial sex role reversal. The males both visually and chemically …

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Project Noah celebrates National Moth Week with virtual patch

Project Noah is a citizen science project mobilizing new generations of nature explorers and helping people around the world appreciate their local wildlife. The ‘Noah’ in Project Noah stands for networked organisms and habitats. Project Noah aims to harness the power and popularity of new mobile technologies to promote wildlife awareness, collect important ecological data, and …

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Project Noah Fun Fact: the Yucca moth

For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about moths. From Project Noah: Yucca moths in the genera Tegitcula and Parategicula are named for the amazing symbiotic relationship they have with their hostplant, the Yucca plant. As caterpillars, the yucca moth must feed on the …

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Project Noah Fun Fact: the Pine Processionary moth

For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about moths. From Project Noah:   The Pine Processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pinivora) is well-known in Europe for its interesting larval behavior. Caterpillars of this moth aggregate, or gather in large numbers, appearing to march like …

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Project Noah Fun Fact: mud-puddling

For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about moths. From Project Noah: Many lepidopterans (butterflies and moths) engage in an interesting behavior known as mud-puddling, in which those with functioning mouthparts, or proboscices (some moths have vestigial proboscices, while others have no proboscis …

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Project Noah Fun Fact: the White Witch moth

For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about a species of moth. From Project Noah: The White Witch moth (Thysania agrippina), is an extremely large South American insect. According to the University of Florida Book of Insect Records, this moth has the …

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Project Noah Fun Fact: the Bella moth

For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about a species of moth. From Project Noah: The Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) has a very interesting biology. It’s larvae feed on members of the genus Crotalaria, often known as rattlepods. These plants are poisonous …

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Project Noah Kicks Off National Moth Week 2015!

Our partner, citizen science website Project Noah kicked off National Moth Week 2015 by featuring our logo moth—the Io moth (Automeris io)! For every day of National Moth Week, Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about a species of moth. From Project Noah: National Moth Week is a global citizen science project that emphasizes …

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Welcome Moth-ers in Botswana, China and Yemen!

From its start in 2012, National Moth Week has captured the interest of moth-ers around the world. The word “national” in our name applies to any country where people want to learn about, observe and document moths. With at least 160,000 moth species worldwide, there will always be the possibility of new and interesting sightings no matter …

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