We recently obtained a copy of WJ Holland’s that will also be offered as a prize.

Seabrooke Leckie – Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America

John Himmelman – Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard

Dave Wagner – Caterpillars of Eastern North America

Dave Wagner – Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America

Jim Arnosky – Crinkleroot’s

We also have copies of these books:

Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moths
Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States.

Butterflies and Moths of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands: Rare, Endangered, and Management-Sensitive Species.

Dave Moskowitz, co-founder of National Moth Week, writes the ‘New Jersey  Moths’   blog for  Wild NJ,  a website dedicated to wildlife in NJ, and a partner of National Moth Week.  Dave writes about different moths that he finds, his adventures while mothing, his favorite mothing and nature books and more.  http://wildnewjersey.tv/categories/263/new-jersey-moths.aspx

Todd Dreyer, National Moth Week team member, is working on cataloging the moths of Middlesex County, NJ.  The blog  is ‘Mercury Vapor, Moths & Me’  where you can see Todd’s  stunning photographs. http://mothsofmiddlesexcountynj.blogspot.com/2012/03/polygrammate-hebraeicum-hebrew.html

Seabrooke Leckie is a biologist and naturalist, writer and photographer, but most of all a lover of nature. She is the co-author, with David Beadle, of the new Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America and a sponsor of National Moth Week.  In her blog,  ‘The marvelous in nature’ Seabrooke’s writes about moths and other natural marvelous.      http://seabrookeleckie.com/blog/

John Beetham writes in his blog  ‘A DC birding blog’  about birds, insects and everything nature, including moths.  John is a supporter of National Moth Week.  http://dendroica.blogspot.com/.

Bug_Girl (we are pretty sure it’s her real name) has a PhD in Entomology; she is a dot.com designer, web mistress, and forensic consultant. In her blog she writes about everything bugs, which includes moths, of course.  She is a supporter of National Moth Week.  http://membracid.wordpress.com/

Chris Grinter is an entomologist at the California Academy Sciences.  His blog Skeptical Moth, offers a glimpse into this amazing insect diversity while exploring various aspects of critical thinking and science education. Chris is also a supporter of National Moth Week.  http://skepticalmoth.southernfriedscience.com/

Eric R. Eaton, A.K.A. Bug Eric, is a professional, self-employed writer and entomologist, principal author of the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America.  He is a supporter of National Moth Week. http://bugeric.blogspot.com/search?q=moth

These are the mothing blogs that I know of. If you write, or know of other moths and mothing  blogs, please write to me with the web address.    Thanks. Liti

The evening began with an interesting presentation on moths by Seabrooke, followed by a book signing and then Seabrooke co-hosted a moth night event with the Friends in the wildflower meadow behind the Cultural Arts Center. There were a variety of moth light setups to attract moths including Mercury Vapor and Ultraviolet blacklights. Despite the unseasonably cold temperatures, quite a few interesting moths flew into the light setups for everyone to see. Seabrooke identified each moth that was attracted to the lights and their were ample opportunities to photograph the moths as well. People came from near and far for the event, including from Sussex and Bergen Counties. It was a special night and highly enjoyable.

Seabrooke is a co-sponsor of National Moth Week (www.nationalmothweek.org). National Moth Week was started by the Friends as an off-shoot of our highly successful and award-winning local moth night events that we’ve been running for the past 6 years. National Moth Week now has more than 150 locations and events in 31 states and six countries. The National Moth Week website is filled with information about moth week events and moths. Consider participating in National Moth Week this summer (July 23-29) and discover the incredible world of moths.

Here is what she posted on her blog on April 20th, 2012:

I head off on the book tour for the Peterson Field Guide to Moths in a week and a half! I’m busy finalizing details and getting myself organized to go; lots of little things to take care of before then.

Here’s the final tour schedule. If you have a question about any of these events, please contact the person listed (if it’s regarding the facilities) or myself (if it’s regarding the event details, or if no person is listed).

*Event attendees may leave early if you need to go – we won’t trap you!

April 29 Dearborn (Detroit), Michigan 8pm – midnight* University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center Presented by UMD with Rouge River Bird Observatory More information (with link to map). Please RSVP with this form.

April 30 Middleburg (Columbus), Ohio 8pm – midnight* Big Darby Headwaters Nature Preserve Presented by Columbus Audubon More information. Please RSVP with this link or email sross at TNC.org by April 25.

May 1 Wheeling, West Virginia 7:30 – midnight* Oglebay’s Good Zoo Please RSVP to Penny Miller by email (pmiller at oglebay-resort.com) or phone 304-243-4027.

May 2-5 New River Gorge National River, West Virginia New River Birding and Nature Festival This is a registration-only event. If you’re interested in participating, visit the festival’s website here.

May 6 – day off for sanity

May 7 Davis, West Virginia 7pm – midnight* Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center More information.

May 8 Millersburg, Pennsylvania 8pm – midnight* Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art More information. Registration suggested but not necessary. Members free, non-members $3.

May 9 Hockessin, Delaware 7pm – 9pm* (or later) Ashland Nature Center Presented by Delaware Nature Society More information. This appears to be listed as members-only, which I hadn’t realized. If you are interested in coming to this event but are not a member of the DNS, contact me and I’ll see about sneaking you in.

May 10 East Brunswick, New Jersey 8pm – 11pm* East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center, Playhouse 22 Presented by Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission More information.

May 11 – day off to visit friends

May 12 Athol, Massachusetts 8pm – midnight* 1542 Pleasant Street, Athol Hosted by Dave Small of the Athol Bird and Nature Club For more information contact Dave by email (dave at dhsmall.net) or phone (978-413-1772) (event posting here)

May 13 Danby, New York 8pm – 10:30pm* (or later) Danby Town Hall Presented by Danby Conservation Advisory Council More information.

Seabrooke Leckie – Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
This newest title in the Peterson Field Guide Series is sure to spur an interest in moths the way that the first Bird Field Guide in the Peterson series did for birds in 1934. It really should be that important! Seabrooke has generously offered three signed copies for participants to win.

John Himmelman – Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
This book is not really a field guide although it does have photos and drawings of lots of moths. But, it is one of the best introductions for both beginners and for those with a more advanced interest in moths. John Himmelman’s writing style is easy to read and very informative. After reading this book, you can’t help but have a new appreciation and possibly an addiction to moths. I pull it out of the bookshelf each spring and reread it cover to cover. It is simply that good. John has graciously offered a signed copy of his book.

Dave Wagner – Caterpillars of Eastern North America
Dave Wagner’s book on caterpillars is simply one of the coolest insect books to have been published, ever. It includes amazing close-up photos of caterpillars and a wealth of natural history information about each species. The book also has lots of information on caterpillar biology. Get this book! Dave has generously offered a signed copy of this book.

Dave Wagner – Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
Dave Wagner’s newest book written with three other top-notch entomologists, is as amazing as his first book about caterpillars. It focuses on the Owlet moths, a hugely diverse group of moths. It covers more than 800 species and also has stunning close-up photos of each caterpillar and many of the adult moths. It also has an excellent introductory chapter on moth ecology and techniques for raising them. Another absolutely stellar book from Dave Wagner and a must for the moth bookshelf. Dave has generously offered a signed copy of this book.

Jim Arnosky – Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moths
Jim Arnosky is one of the leading nature writers for children in America and his books featuring the very cool woodland character, Crinkleroot are the perfect introduction for turning children onto nature. Jim was also exceptionally generous in allowing the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission to use Crinkleroot as the spokesperson for the Annual Salamander Migration and National Moth Week. Crinkleroot is perfect for this important role because he “…was born in a tree and raised by bees!”. He can speak caterpillar, moth, and butterfly, all at the same time.” Jim has generously offered two signed copies of this book.

Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States.

We have a copy of this amazing new book!

Butterflies and Moths of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands: Rare, Endangered, and Management-Sensitive Species.

We have a copy of this great book that features beautiful full-color plates of the species. It will make a wonderful addition to any western Moth’ers library.

Seabrooke Leckie is a freelance biologist and writer living in rural eastern Ontario. She holds a B.Sc.H. in Zoology and has worked on field research contracts in many parts of the continent, from California to Québec, British Columbia to Ohio, as well as her home province of Ontario. She discovered moths quite by accident one summer while away on contract, and they’ve since become her number one passion. Birds are her second interest; she is a federally-licensed bird bander and volunteers each summer with a local bird research organization. She’s the co-author of the new Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America, and has been involved with other publications such as the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas and the newsletter of the Ontario Field Ornithologists. Most afternoons you can find her outdoors, peering closely at flora and fauna, camera in hand; nights, of course, are spent at her moth sheet. She blogs her discoveries at her website, seabrookeleckie.com.

Seabrooke sent this photos and description of her setup:

This is what I use for most of my mothing while I’m at home. The sheet is tacked to the side of our log home with thumbtacks/pushpins. This section of the wall is protected by a 5-foot-wide roof overhang and is about 12 feet long, which keeps the sheet and light bulb out of the rain except in windy conditions. The trap is homemade; the funnel and socket were made for me from materials available at the local home improvement store by the co-author of the PFG to Moths, David Beadle; I chose the tub and bulb. The bulb is a 250W mercury vapour, which is probably a little overkill but all they had when I was looking to buy a MV bulb. Inside, the trap is filled with egg cartons – I should emphasize that it’s a live trap, so captured moths are released the next morning; I don’t maintain a pinned collection (my collection is all in photos on my hard drive). Our home is in a rural setting, surrounded by open meadow bordered by mixed forests, so we get a lot of diversity here. One of these days I’ll actually get around to counting up how many species I’ve seen.

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