National Moth Week (NMW) is a citizen science project to study and record populations of moths.[1] The annual event is held in the last week of July.[2][3] It encourages scientists and non-scientists to participate in mostly night-time surveys of moths.[4] People may participate via organized events, or individually from their own gardens.[5] National Moth Week has partnerships with major online biological data depositories, and participants map moth distribution to provide information on life history aspects of moths around the globe.
| National Moth Week | |
|---|---|
 Logo of National Moths Week since 2014 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Citizen science |
| Dates | Last week in July |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Worldwide |
| Inaugurated | 2012 |
| Participants | All interested |
| Website | nationalmothweek |
National Moth Week was founded in the United States in 2012 by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, a non-profit organization in New Jersey.[6] Since its founding, National Moth Week participation has grown to include events in all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries worldwide.[7][3] In 2023, there were thousands of registrants across all 50 states and 117 countries.[8]
References
edit- ^ Seabrook, Charles (15 July 2016). "Get set to celebrate National Moth Week". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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- Snoderly, JoAnn (29 April 2018). "Flowers blooming in North Central West Virginia, providing mood boosts for those who take advantage". WV News. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- Gardner, Ralph Jr. (6 August 2014). "Seeing the merit in moths". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- Foderaro, Lisa W. (22 July 2014). "An exaltation of moths, much-maligned kin of the butterfly". The New York Times.
- Anderson, Leah (22 July 2014). "Moths aflutter in honor of National Moth Week". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- Aldrich, Eric. "National Moth Week. There's mothing to do!". The Nature Conservancy.
- "Environmental Education Resources - National Moth Week". Southeastern Education Environmental Education Alliance.
- ^ a b Greenemeier, Larry (15 July 2014). "National Moth Week 2014". Scientific American. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Wei-Haas, Maya (18 July 2015). "15 pictures of adaptable, beautiful, and misunderstood moths". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Leckie, Seabrook; Beadle, David (2018). "Resources. Public events". Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 620. ISBN 9780544252110.
- ^ Moskowitz, David; Haramaty, Liti (26 July 2016). "Got Moths? Celebrate National Moth Week and Global Citizen Science". Entomology Today. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Doyle, Sabrina (17 July 2015). "Wildlife on Friday | National Moth Week seeks citizen scientists". Canadian Geographic.
- ^ "Events 2023" (Map). nationalmothweek.org. Retrieved 19 September 2023.