For every day of National Moth Week, our partner, citizen science website Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about a species of moth. From Project Noah: The Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) has a very interesting biology. It’s larvae feed on members of the genus Crotalaria, often known as rattlepods. These plants are poisonous …
Our partner, citizen science website Project Noah kicked off National Moth Week 2015 by featuring our logo moth—the Io moth (Automeris io)! For every day of National Moth Week, Project Noah will be featuring a fun fact about a species of moth. From Project Noah: National Moth Week is a global citizen science project that emphasizes …
National Geographic’s Great Nature Project is an ongoing initiative that encourages direct exploration of nature by sharing photos of biodiversity from anywhere in the world. We especially encourage photos to be shared along with standardized information about what was observed, where, and when so the records can be used for scientific inquiry. The Great Nature …
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Project Noah celebrated National Moth Week in 2014 by promoting users to contribute to the official National Moth Week mission, Moths of the World. Over the course of National Moth Week, users from 34 countries documented 2197 moths in the form of spottings, up from 1347 spottings in 2013, and 684 the year before. Project …
I received a doctor degree for taxonomy on leaf roller moths, and then I am working on the taxonomic research of moths at the museum. I have got interested in moth when I was a junior high student, and enjoy mothing until now. I prefer smaller moths, which includes many excellent species like little jewels …
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Guest post by Utsugi JINBO During the National Moth Week 2015, an insect book exhibition will be held at a store of Junku-dou, a large chain bookstore, at Ikebukuro city in Tokyo. This is an exhibition sale of insect books as well as artworks selected by organizers of this event. There is a moth book …
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Encyclopedia of Life is a website dedicated to providing global access to knowledge about life on earth. EOL is a collaborative effort among scientists, citizen scientists and the general public to share millions of pages of information and multimedia about species, including moths! NMW participants can share photos of moths from their events with EOL’s Flickr …
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Introducing a new website – Moths of Belize by Ian Morton “a photographic record and field guide to the moths of Southern Belize”. Well, if you are interested in wildlife then this could be paradise! We live just a mile and half from the sleepy town of Punta Gorda in the jungle of Southern Belize, …
Vijay is an IT professional by training and nature lover by heart. He has been a nature enthusiast from childhood interested in birds and invertebrates. His interest in butterflies and moths started with rearing of caterpillars collected from backyard garden. He continued his interest in biodiversity recordings and with development of Internet got involved with …
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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 …
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