Moths and other lepidoptera sometimes go to extreme measures to avoid being detected by predators and parasites. This New York Times article details a few predator avoidance strategies that moths employ to avoid being caught, eaten, seen, or parasitized. Some moths use mimicry to trick predators into thinking they are poor food resources such as dead …
We’ve blogged before about moth declines and here’s some more evidence from the UK indicating that moths need conservation attention. A Scientific American blog post recently reported extinctions of 3 moth species and declines for many others in the UK. The three extinct species are the orange upperwing (Jodia croceago), the bordered gothic (Heliophobus reticulata) and …
Since 2001 DiversityIndia (http://diversityindia.org/)has been organizing communities to document biodiversity of Indian Subcontinent. It started with a cyber-community on Yahoo groups called ButterflyIndia to talk about Butterflies of India. The discussions began with 25 members and over the years generated more than 1500 members. Very soon the cyber group started meeting together to share and …
National Moth Week is featured this week on the Newsroom website of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Click here to read the news report.
Listen to sounds of National Moth Week on Encyclopedia of Life’s new podcast. Listen to the podcast heck out the extras and meet NMW founders. http://podcast.eol.org/podcast/moths This podcast is part of the One Species at a Time series from the Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org). Hosted by Ari Daniel Shapiro and produced by Atlantic …
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 …
Project Noah helps host the inaugural National Moth Week – Guest Post by Jacob Gorneau Read More »
We have a new facebook page for you to like – National Moth Week – Caterpillars! Join us if you love looking at pictures of caterpillars!
The Second Annual National Moth Week will start on July 20th, 2013 and continue until July 28th. It’s not too early to register – see information and online registration form here.
Oz Rittner works at the Zoological Museum, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. He maintains the ‘Insect World of Israel’ website (www.nature-of-oz.com), as well as two other websites – www.argentinean-insects.com – Insects of Argentina, and a personal blog http://forgotten-lands.blogspot.com. The moth fauna of Israel was not thoroughly studies until the 80’s when …
Guest Post: Oz Rittner about Moths and Mothing in Israel Read More »
David Wagner – one of our sponsors and the author of Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History – recently published a journal article on moth decline in the Northeastern United States in News of the Lepidopterists’ Society. This paper joins several out of the UK (Thomas 2005; Conrad et al …
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