John Himmelman is a naturalist who makes his living as an author and illustrator. While most of his 70+ books are for children, he also writes books for adults on various topics of natural history. His first in this genre was “Discovering Moths; Nighttime Jewels In Your Own Backyard”, published by Down East Books. The …
On Thursday night, the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (www.friendsebec.com) welcomed Seabrooke Leckie to the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center as part of her east coast book tour. Seabrooke is the co-author of the amazing new Peterson Field Guide to the Moths of Eastern North America and this was her only book tour …
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society collaborate on more 36 free nature programs a year, including events focusing on moths and butterflies. During the warmer months, the Meadowlands Nature Blog (www.meadowblog.net) posts frequent butterfly and moth sightings in the 30.4-square-mile Meadowlands District in Northern New Jersey. We at the New …
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Recently, on the Mothing Facebook page, John Himmelman posted a picture and description of his setup: “My moth light set-up. A UV “de-zappified” bug zapper with sheet attached to shed. The shed’s at the far end of the mowed yard at the edge of the woods. I keep it set up against the shed because …
Donna Brunet has combined an educational background in environmental history and entomology into a full-time career as a free-lance photographer specializing in insect photographs. Her images are of wild, free-flying insects with the exception of a few moths collected at lights. She is currently completing work as the author and primary photographer for a new …
Eric H. Metzler first saw butterflies at his grandmother’s rock garden. Tolerant parents allowed Eric to collect butterflies, and other natural history objects. Except for the fiddler crabs, Eric’s dad insisted that all specimens be dead. Profits from a paper route enabled the purchase of Holland’s The Butterfly Book, which cost $31.00 in 1955! At …
John grew up and lives central NJ. He started birding in his late 20s when he lived in D.C., and participated in several bird-related citizen science projects, including Christmas Bird Counts, the Great Backyard Bird Count, and the C&O Canal Midwinter Bird Survey, which he helped organize for a few years. Currently he is volunteering …
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Seabrooke Leckie, co-author of the “New Peterson Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America“, and a sponsor of National Moth Week, will present this newest title in the Peterson Field Guide Series in a series of presentations during an upcoming book tour. Here is what she posted on her blog on April 20th, 2012: I head …
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Discover Life recently published some exciting new tools for analysis of moth data. Check out the Simple protocol for monitoring moths. Please also see: 1) An example of the new phenology tool. This page compares across years the dates when four species of moths with different numbers of generations were photographed. You can change the …
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