Toronto – National Moth Week https://nationalmothweek.org Exploring Nighttime Nature Mon, 10 Aug 2020 02:05:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://nationalmothweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-nmw_logos_3-32x32.png Toronto – National Moth Week https://nationalmothweek.org 32 32 29974611 National Moth Week in High Park, Toronto, Toronto Guest post by: Karen Yukich https://nationalmothweek.org/2020/08/09/national-moth-week-in-high-park-toronto-toronto-guest-post-by-karen-yukich/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-moth-week-in-high-park-toronto-toronto-guest-post-by-karen-yukich https://nationalmothweek.org/2020/08/09/national-moth-week-in-high-park-toronto-toronto-guest-post-by-karen-yukich/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2020 02:04:00 +0000 http://nationalmothweek.org/?p=11245 National Moth Week in High Park, Toronto, Toronto Guest post by: Karen Yukich Read More »

]]> The annual High Park moth night was held on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 situation, this year’s event was co-sponsored by only High Park Nature and the High Park Moth Study group and had a restricted number of participants, all of whom are regular members of the moth study group. The weather was clear and warm, very conducive to a productive session.

A total of 135 species of moths were identified, including 4 new for the High Park Moth Study, bringing the study’s all-time total to 1028 species! This citizen science project began in 2016 and broke through the 1000 species mark earlier this season. For more about the study, see Meet the Mothia, in the Toronto Star.

This year’s moth night also brought out a good variety of other insects, particularly leafhoppers and small beetles.

High Park, Toronto is a large urban park (161 ha, about 400 acres) with diverse habitats including a globally rare black oak savannah. For more information about the park see highparknature.org. Our public Moth Night event has been held annually for about two decades in partnership with the Toronto Entomologists’ Association, the High Park Nature Centre, High Park Nature and more recently the High Park Moth Study group. We look forward to hosting another public event next year.

  • Anacampsis nonstrigella
  • Fragile White Carpet Moth, Hydrelia albifera
Two of the new species, photos courtesy of David Beadle
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Each summer the Toronto Entomologists’ Association holds a public Moth Night event in High Park in partnership with the High Park Nature Centre and High Park Nature.

Our event was held on July 28, 2016. As usual there were many micros plus about a dozen male gypsy moths and a few other mid-size moths. The total count was 65 (lower than usual) with 5 new species for High Park.

One new species, Variable Narrow-wing ”Magusa divaricata” is a more southerly species that sometimes strays further north in mid to late summer.

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Variable Narrow-wing (Magusa divaricata). Photo credit: David Beadle

 

 The all-time list and other information are posted on the moth page our website highparknature.org 

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]]> High Park ( Toronto, Canada) Moth Night was held on July 22, 2015:

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Mea skinnerella. Photo: David Beadle

Highlights: A tiny Mea skinnerella appears to be the first record for Ontario. Many other micros boosted the count total, but larger moths, including 7 species of underwing, were also present. The total count was 113 species plus one identified only to genus. 33 species were added to the all-time list, including the striking Beautiful Wood-nymph, Eudryas grata. About 60 adults and children participated.

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The ID table. Photo: Irene Wilk

This annual event is co-sponsored by the Toronto Entomologists’ Association and the High Park Nature Centre with assistance from High Park Nature. David Beadle, TEA member and co-author of the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America, led the team of TEA volunteers who arranged the setup and provided IDs.

High Park is a large urban park in Toronto (about 400 acres). About 1/3 of the park consists of nationally rare oak savannah and woodlands. For more information about the park and its natural features, visit www.highparknature.org. A list of current and past Moth Night sightings is posted on the Moth Gallery page of this website.

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