Working with New Jersey Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin, (D-18th District), The Friends of the East Brunswick (NJ) Environmental Commission, which started and coordinates National Moth Week, has launched an effort to name the Io moth as the official New Jersey State Moth. On March 26, Pinkin introduced the bill calling for the Io (*Automeris io*) …
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Happy New Year from the National Moth Week team! While National Moth Week celebrates the diversity of all moths, we like to shine a light—literally and figuratively—on a certain family of moths. Last year, we celebrated the year of the Silk moth (Saturniidae). This year, we are celebrating the family Sphingidae. Robust fliers with distinctive wing …
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New exhibit of Moth photos by Moth’er, photographer and National Moth Week’s sponsor Jim des Rivieres. The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum‘s new exhibit, “Marvelous Moths,” will open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the museum’s Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwall-on-Hudson (NY, USA). Visitors can view gorgeous moth photos from Jim des Rivieres …
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Kids activity for ages 3-12. EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE! Here’s how: Print and color any moth you like from the book which you can find at this link. You can use a moth guide book (Click here for suggested books) to color the moth whose name is shown or make up your own name with your own …
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Congratulations to Eric Metzler on receiving a National Park Service award for his moth study and survey in two National Parks. Eric is NMW Science Advisory Board member and coordinator of NMW events in the two National Parks. Read about Eric and the NPS Intermountain Regional Director’s Award: On Sept. 26 , National Park Service …
Michael Kurz of NMW partner NKIS had a new moth record for the Federal Territory of Salzburg during this year’s NMW. The moth, Noctua interjecta caliginosa, was also only the third record for Austria. Kurz was not planning on doing any mothing that evening, but decided to do so at the urging of his 12-year-old granddaughter, Viktoria …
The Facebook page Arthropods, Reptiles and Amphibians Photography is National Moth Week’s data collection partner in Israel. The page runs a monthly challenge to select three winning photographs from members’ entries. The subject for July 2014 was moths, with no limit on the number of photographs group members could upload. Five group members also registered …
Thank you to everyone who participated in National Moth Week 2014. Whether you attended an organized event or observed the moths in your own backyard, you were part of a worldwide citizen science project that is illuminating the beauty and importance of moths, and collecting valuable data about them. This year, nearly 500 registrations were …
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Vijay Barve, National Moth Week India Coordinator for India, has been selected as a winner of the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) Young Researchers Award. Vijay Barve is a research fellow at the Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) in Bangalore, and a PhD candidate at the University of Kansas, United States. He is one of the …
Vijay Barve, NMW India Coordinator, is a winner of the GBIF Young Researchers Award Read More »
Listen to Elena Tartaglia talking about National Moth Week on the radio show Science Friday. Science Friday (known as SciFri for short) is a weekly call-in talk show that broadcasts in the USA each Friday on PRI. SciFri is hosted by award winning science journalist Ira Flatow. The radio show is broadcast on many public radio stations Fridays from 14:00-16:00s EST. Click here to listen – http://sciencefriday.com/segment/07/25/2014/-moth-ers-celebrate-less-loved-lepidopterans.html …
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