National Moth Week – “The Year of the Silk Moth” – What’s in a name? Participate in National Moth Week and Explore the Wonders of Moths! By Dave Moskowitz Our Giant Silk Moths and Ancient Mythology: Our Beautiful Giant Silk Moths and the Mythological Roots of Their Names This year, National Moth Week is spotlighting …
We’ve just added a super helpful new feature to the pnwmoths site – a checklist generator! What’s a checklist generator, you say? You pick any combination of states/provinces and/or counties/regional districts and the website instantly generates a list of all the moths from our database in that region! Should be great for using during National …
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Guest Blogger: Karen Loughrey Richard, Community Director, Project Noah Project Noah is a community of over 200,000 nature-lovers worldwide. Launched in early 2010, it all started off as an experiment to see if we could build a fun, location-based mobile application to encourage people to reconnect with nature and document local wildlife. We wanted to …
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 …
National Geographic recently published a small feature on Citizen Science on their website. To quote: “Enlisting citizens isn’t new to science. As early as the 1700s European bird surveys included reports from backyard birders. Amateur astronomers, weather-watchers, and other hobbyists have also made contributions. What’s different today is the Internet, which has helped recruit hundreds of …
The Moths of the World mission at Project Noah was featured as part of the inaugural National Moth Week, which ran from July 23, 2012 to July 29, 2012. Project Noah and National Moth Week promoted appreciation of all moths around the world during the week. If a user contributed a spotting to the Moths …
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As its name implies, the squash vine borer, Melitta curcurbitae, targets plants in the family Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, summer squash, zucchini, etc.). It is a pest to both commercial agricultural operations and home gardeners. What’s cool: Squash vine borer moths have an impressive aposematic coloration; the adult moths resemble a wasp at first glance. The moths …
A moth caterpillar disguising itself as a flower, was found by NJMC Botanist Kate Lepis at Skeetkill Creek Marsh (New Jersey Meadowlands), September, 2012. Read more and see photos on the Meadowland Nature Blog. Thanks to Jim Wright for sending the link.
Pacific Northwest Moths is a comprehensive source of information about more than 1,200 species of moths. Drawing from the knowledge of moth experts and specimen records from the region’s major insect collections, this site features detailed species accounts, high resolution photographs, and an interactive identification key for every Pacific Northwest moth species within the families Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Erebidae, …
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