Category Archives: Team

What is an NMW Event? Why is it Important? By Dr. Roger Kendrick

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Liti

Well, for the “What”, as Ian Morton wrote in 2016 “Anything Goes” So why register your moth “event” for National Moth Week. What is the significance? In short – every single observation counts, by contributing to the “bigger picture”. How?? … Continue reading →

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Backyard mothing with Carl Barrentine in Spokane, Washington, USA

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Liti

Carl Barrentine, participants since 2013 and National Moth Week team member, is documenting moth species flying in his backyard. Carl will share his methods and findings in a series of daily videos during National Moth Week 2020.

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Meet Sajan KC of Nepal, National Moth Week’s Newest Country Coordinator

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Liti

I am Sajan KC from Nepal. I will be 26 this July and I love Lepidoptera. A butterfly or a moth, what difference does it make? I first came across mothing in 2017. It was a time when I used … Continue reading →

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NMW Team Member Jacob Gorneau Turns Youthful Hobby Into College Degree, Graduating from Cornell University in Entomology

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Liti

Jacob Gorneau was 15 when he came to a moth night in East Brunswick, NJ, in 2013. He and his dad traveled more than 150 miles from upstate New York to meet the NMW team, who’d started the observance just … Continue reading →

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National Moth Week Welcomes Oz Rittner as Country Coordinator for Israel

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Liti

National Moth Week is pleased to welcome Oz Rittner of Tel Aviv University in Israel as the newest NMW country coordinator. Oz is the Lepidoptera collection manager at the Steinhardt Museum at the Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies at … Continue reading →

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