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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Katherine Bardsley and Anjali Nambrath are two insightful high schoolers from a science-focused high school in New Jersey. You can track the findings of their experiment—The Effect of Lamp Type on Moth Attraction—in their blog, Of Moths and Mercury. From birdwatchers to butterfly taggers, people everywhere enjoy discovering new things by observing the world around them. …
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Philippine Lepidoptera’s (PhiLep) call to its members at their Facebook group page to post their moth finds for the week long National Moth Week celebration was a huge success! Moth photos from all over the Philippines were shared and appreciated. With the help of Dr. Roger Kendrick who gladly provided information and IDs, moth finds …
Guest post by LEANA CRISTOBAL The Philippines joins National Moth Week through Philippine Lepidoptera (PhiLep). PhiLep is an organization whose main purpose is to document lepidopteras in our country and raise awareness on the need to protect our environment. Moth photos from the Philippines submitted at PhiLep FB group and community during this week long …
National Moth Week – “The Year of the Silk Moth” – What’s in a name? Participate in National Moth Week and Explore the Wonders of Moths! By Dave Moskowitz Our Giant Silk Moths and Ancient Mythology: Our Beautiful Giant Silk Moths and the Mythological Roots of Their Names This year, National Moth Week is spotlighting …
I LOVE insects and enjoy photographing them for display on Project Noah. National (and International) Moth Week is a wonderful way to create attention for the magnificance and variability of one of the largest and least seen groups of the insects. Their beauty, breathtaking adaptive coloration and camouflage make them fascinating subjects and can scarcely …
Our newest NMW team member is Jacob Gorneau an upstate-NY native who will serve as our data wizard. Welcome, Jacob! Jacob Gorneau is a fifteen-year-old amateur naturalist with a love for anything related to biology. He became interested in moths in 2009 when he saw a Black witch (Ascalapha odorata) in Florida and a Polyphemus moth …
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There are so many things that make people unique; different cultures, races, religions careers, interests and personalities. But there’s one thing that unifies many people from across the globe. Unfortunately, it’s a negative. Most people fear or even hate insects, spiders and other arthropods. They do not hesitate to maim, spray or kill these animals …
NMW partner – The Bug Chicks: There’s no need to fear Read More »
Since 2001 DiversityIndia (http://diversityindia.org/)has been organizing communities to document biodiversity of Indian Subcontinent. It started with a cyber-community on Yahoo groups called ButterflyIndia to talk about Butterflies of India. The discussions began with 25 members and over the years generated more than 1500 members. Very soon the cyber group started meeting together to share and …
Richard, a NMW supporter, published moth photos and stories during NMW. Here is the last NMW post from Richard’s blog: “Okay, this is it for the moth photo posts (for a while, anyway). I usually do a Single Image Sundays post right about now, but I’m supersizing it for you with a bonus slideshow of select photos …
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