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How can you help National Moth Week?
National Moth Week is now one of the most widespread citizen science projects in the world. It is coordinated by an all-volunteer team in the USA (New Jersey, New York, North Dakota), Ecuador and Belize. For the past four years, public
Meet an Underwing – Catocala relicta (White Underwing)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of Catocala relicta was Collected by Ed Bruggink at White Lake, Ontario on August 15, 2003 and photographed by Jim des Rivières. This is one of the images that will be on display
LepiMAP – The Atlas of African Lepidoptera, Guest post by Megan Loftie-Eaton (LepiMAP project coordinator)
Mapping how species ranges are changing is key to proper biodiversity conservation and can act as an early warning system if a species might be in trouble. Is a species’ range expanding or contracting? If we don’t know this
National Moth Week Events – Anything Goes!
By NMW team member Ian Morton If you’re anything like me, you might have thought that a night or two of moth-ing on your back porch in the last week of July doesn’t really count as a National Moth Week
Meet an Underwing – Catocala gracilis
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. NMW participant Teá Kesting-Handly sent us photos and information on Catocala gracilis: Catocala love to feed on bait, uncommonly, they can also be found on flowers! Here is a photo of Catocala gracilis
Meet an Underwing – Catocala palaeogama (Oldwife Underwing)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of Catocala palaeogama was taken by Ken Childs in Henderson, TN, USA. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week
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Meet an Underwing – Catocala epione (Epione Underwing)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of Catocala epione was taken by Ken Childs in Henderson, TN, USA. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week
Submit Your Moth Sightings to BAMONA
Whether you’re new to mothing or an experienced moth-er, you can contribute to science by submitting photos and information on your sightings to Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA), a partner of National Moth Week. BAMONA is a unique,
Photos from National Moth Week 2015 in Japan
The Flickr album contains 357 photos of moths from National Moth Week participants in Japan. More about NMW in Japan at http://www.nationalmothweek-jp.net/
Underwings and mothing in Massachusetts – A geust post by Teá Kesting-Handly
This year NMW is celebrating the genus Catocala or Underwing moths. These fantastic moths may look dull at first glance, but will often reveal their showy hindwings when disturbed. They come in many colors, brown, gray, black, white, red, yellow, orange
Meet an Underwing – Catocala preclara
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. Catocala preclara is a common blueberry feeding Catocala found in many different habitats. This one is from Plymouth County, Massachusetts in July of 2015. Photo by Teá Kesting-Handly. See more photos of
Moths of Iowa website – Guest post from Jim Durbin
I met Jim Durbin in April when he was birding in Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA. Jim is a wildlife photographer and maintains websites documenting birds and insects of his state. I asked Jim about the Moth of Iowa web pages and here is
The G2 Gallery Opens Moths at LArge by Jim des Rivières
Photography Exhibit Last on Display at New York’s American Museum of Natural History Features New, Local Species Venice, CA— On June 28, The G2 Gallery will open Moths at LArge, an exhibit from Canadian moth expert and photographer
A Poem About Moths by Steve Tomasko
Working Class by Steve Tomasko Butterflies schmutterflies. They get most of the press, and all the poetry. Didja know that for every damn flitterin’ kinda butterfly there’s sixteen of us moths? No? Of course not! Didja know that we pollinate
Meet an Underwing – Catocala vidua
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. These photos of Catocala vidua was taken by David Moskowitz in East Brunswick, NJ (USA) on September 21, 2011. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week
Meet an Underwing – Catocala ultronia (Ultronia Underwing)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. These photos of Catocala ultronia was taken by Ken Childs in Henderson, TN (USA) on June 11, 2016. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week
Meet an Underwing – Ilia Underwing (Catocala ilia)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. These photos of Catocala ilia (Ilia Underwing) was taken by Betsy Higgins in Florence, MA (USA), August 2015. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group.
Meet an Underwing – Catocala sp.
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of was taken by Laney Rickman on May 12, 2014 in rural DeWitt County, Texas, USA. Originally posted as Catocala ultronia but may be Catocala micronympha, or a similar
Meet an Underwing – Catocala nupta (Red underwing)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of a red underwing – Red underwing (Catocala nupta) was taken by Katy Wrathall Taken on August 31, 2011 (location unknown). See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National
Meet an Underwing – Catocala fraxini (Blue Underwing)
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of a Blue Underwing (Catocala fraxini) was taken by Bernard DUPONT in Lavelanet, Ariege, FRANCE in January 2013. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week