“Moth Balls” are popular, cleverly named gatherings around the U.S. to watch moths, socialize and eat during National Moth Week. The first one may have been celebrated at the home of Dave and Shelley Small in Athol, Massachusetts, USA. where Moth Balls predate the founding of National Moth Week. Dave, a longtime member of National …
Guest post by Pritha Dey, Country Coordinator for India National Moth Week ended July 25 with over 1000 registrations from India!! In the 10th year of this global initiative, National Moth Week saw unprecedented participation from the different corners of the country. As the country coordinator for India, I had equal fun in arranging the …
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Guest blog by Dhruv Rungta I stepped out of Dad’s car and spritzed myself with bug spray. While I was fascinated by insects, I was definitely not a bug person. Not yet, at least. I was simply at the National Moth Week event in East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, because I liked learning new things. …
Biologist and worldwide biodiversity researcher Dr. Stefan Pinkert has joined National Moth Week as the country coordinator for Germany.Stefan has done biodiversity assessment in a long list of countries including China, the Philippines, Ethiopia, as well as the Cape Verdes, andin museums in Leiden in the Netherlands, Paris and Frankfurt. “I am broadly interested in studying …
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Thank you to all our voluntary translators! We are thrilled to have voluntary support in translating the National Moth Week 2021 flyers into different languages. We have flyers in 21 languages uploaded on our website now. This year we are targeting 1000 registrations for the NMW event and we will be able to reach out …
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Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang holds a Ph.D. in law from the University of Bristol in the U.K. and teaches law in Bangkok, but he devotes his free time to his passion for the natural world. “So, moths and birds are my hobby, which I pursue very seriously,” said Khemthong. “I am a birder and amateur ringer, working …
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Dr. Jean Baptiste Sokoudjou is an enthusiastic and versatile scientist with a strong interest in biodiversity, microbiology and pharmacology. ‘‘I started to get interested in biodiversity in 2009 after participating to a botanical walk organized by the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Dschang,” Jean Baptiste tells us. “It was truly a great …
The British are known for their beautiful gardens, whether on expansive estates and parks in the countryside or in colorful window boxes along urban streets. So, it makes perfect sense that they’d also fancy moths, whose role as pollinators help those gardens grow. They even have a National Moth Night in the U.K. in early …
Ben Sale Joins National Moth Week as Country Coordinator for the U.K. Read More »
India is rich with both moths and people who love to study them. Each year,it has ranked second to the U.S. in the number of National Moth Week events registered on our website. NMW also has had a lot of assistance from our Indian collaborators in encouraging other experts to get involved and increase participation …
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The richly diverse moth population of Sri Lanka has a great friend in Nuwan Chathuranga Jayawardana. With an interest in moths and butterflies going back to childhood, Nuwan has spent much of his adult career photographing and documenting the South Asian island nation’s hundreds of moth species, even authoring a book on them. Nuwan also …
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