National Moth Week has become the largest Global Citizen Science project focusing on moths. There are events and moth nights across the United States and the world. There are nearly 300 registered locations in as diverse places as the middle of New York City to the Australian Outback to the most remote jungles of Kenya, The Gambia, Costa …
Bruce Fellman’s article about NMW: “There’s been an explosion of interest, particularly in the last couple of months,” said David Moskowitz, the New Jersey-based biologist who, along with New Jersey oceanographer Liti Haramaty, got this project rolling. “We have more than 200 events scheduled. Every state except, so far, [North Dakota], will have either a …
“Moths sure get a bad rap; we associate them mostly as the pests that put holes in our stored clothing. In fact, few moth species are pests. They are a more diverse species [sic] than butterflies and are ecologically very important, serving as food for birds and bats, and sometimes serving as pollinators.” Read more… …
Jean-Pierre Lebel is an Ottawa street artist who uses the sidewalks of Ottawa’s Byward Market as his canvas. The piece was commissioned by Ottawa moth photographer Jim des Rivieres (www.moths.ca) to kick off National Moth Week. Photo taken: July 22, 2012 5:30pm Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada …
Giant Luna Moth painting in Ottawa’s Byward Market Read More »
Have you camera ready for Moth Week events! You can submit moth observations to any of our partner organizations . Discover Life, BAMONA and Project Noah introduce a special category for NMW, see below. More information on these and other partners is available on the ‘submitting data’ page [here]. We would also like to see …
The Athol Bird and Nature Club had the NMW Kickoff event last night with 15 folks participating at the Home of Dave and Shelley Small in Athol Ma. This is the first of 5 events across Central and Eastern Massachusetts in Athol, Worcester, New Salem, Framingham and Oak Bluffs… Great start to MNW. Click …
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National Moth Week (www.nationalmothweek.org) is only 1 day away! Thanks to Fran R. for a suggestion to reach out to the Nevada State Entomologist because his agency (NVDA) is now running two light nights next week in Elko County making registered locations in 49 states! Where are the North Dakota moth’ers? Registrations are now coming …
We at NMW are thrilled to have the support and help of the Lepidopterist Society. The 2012 meeting of the Lepidopterists Society will be held jointly with the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) during NMW. The meeting will take place at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, in Denver, Colorado USA. Expanded meeting dates to …
Lepidopterists’ Society 2012 annual meeting, July 23-29, 2012 Read More »
The big week is kicking off in just a few days! If you post any info. about NMW, please use #NationalMothWeek. We would love to get this organization of events trending on Twitter! As always, you can forward any posts our way on Twitter or Facebook. Thanks!
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