On a sunny Saturday morning in October 2022, Shlomi Levi and his family were going for a hike. As they were leaving their apartment building in Ness Ziona, south of Tel Aviv, Shlomi noticed a moth near the building entrance light, not far from the garbage cans. He snapped two photos on his cell phone. …
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With National Moth Week quickly approaching, we want to make sure that each of our current and potential contributors know how to upload their photo observations to iNaturalist! After all, your observations are the heart of our mission. We understand that using iNaturalist can seem intimidating at first glance but it’s a simple process, you’ll …
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Listen to Dr. Roger Kendrick explaining what is citizen science, and how everyone can join and help collect data to help scientists document our natural world. To register to participate in National Moth Week click here
Join Michael Sarill of Project Noah at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, for a virtual program about thepopular online global community of nature enthusiasts and its collaboration with National Moth Week,which starts July 17.Sponsored by the East Brunswick Public Library in partnership with the Friends of the East BrunswickEnvironmental Commission (FriendsEBEC), the program will be …
The first Moth Night I attended was back in 2012. I was an avid birder for an entire 2 years at that point, but once you get the nature spark, it pulls you in. Birding is exciting, and as a “lister,” I have a natural passion to see “new” creatures …. “Lifers” as we call …
Mothing is the New Birding, guest post by Lisa Ann Fanning Read More »
Carl Barrentine, participants since 2013 and National Moth Week team member, is documenting moth species flying in his backyard. Carl will share his methods and findings in a series of daily videos during National Moth Week 2020.
Contributing to National Moth Week with iNaturalist is simple: Download the free iNaturalist app, photograph and make a separate observation for each moth, check that the location and date are correct, and identify each as precisely as you can. It’s ok if you can just get to family. All moths observed between July 18 – …
Every year since 2016, I have gone to Hildacy Farm Preserve in Media, PA to set up a Moth Night. Natural Lands Hildacy Preserve encompasses 55 acres and is managed by a former graduate classmate of mine, Mike Coll. Mike has spent years working towards eliminating invasive plant species and fostering native ones. When I …
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In war-torn Syria, Mudar Salimeh has found an oasis of tranquility by studying moths. Thanks to Mudar’s interest in moths, Syria is on National Moth Week’s world map for thefirst time since it was started in 2012. He will be setting up lights near a lake in the Mashqita area to observe and photograph moths …
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