Moth Night, Cairns, Australia
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Cairns Botanic Gardens in Australia Hosts 65 for Moth Night
By Dave Rentz, Australia Country Coordinator The annual Moth Night was held on an unusually warm and humid night on July 14. The event waspreceded by a Sausage Sizzle. Approximately 65 people attended, most of whom weremembers of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens. Light sheets were set in the rainforest near the entrance to …
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From the ‘Land Down Under,’ National Moth Week Welcomes Country Coordinator Dave Rentz
National Moth Week is observed worldwide every year, but the southern hemisphere presents special challenges, with July being the middle of winter in that part of the globe. For Dave Rentz, however, there’s a convenient work-around: He lives in northeastern Australia, where observing moths – along with his other favorite insects – can be a …
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More people than moths, Moth Night in Australia. Guest Post by: Dave Rentz
It was nice weather up to the moth night. It rained much of the time. We had about 40 visitors but they were driven to cover by the rain. At one stage there were more onlookers than insects on the light sheets. But we busied ourselves looking at the vegetation in the dark and the …
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Moth Night at the Cairns Botanic Gardens (Australia), Guest Post by Dave Rentz
The first Cairns Moth Night was held on the evening of the 27th July at the Cairns Botanic Gardens with around 76 members of the Friends and the public in attendance. Moth Week was conceived in the US some years ago as a time to initiate public awareness in the diversity of moths. Since the summer …
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