National Moth Week

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][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
StatusActive
GenreCitizen science
DatesLast week in July
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Worldwide
Inaugurated2012
ParticipantsAll interested
Websitenationalmothweek.org

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
  1. Seabrook, Charles (15 July 2016). "Get set to celebrate National Moth Week". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. Greenemeier, Larry (15 July 2014). "National Moth Week 2014". Scientific American. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. Wei-Haas, Maya (18 July 2015). "15 pictures of adaptable, beautiful, and misunderstood moths". National Geographic. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. Moskowitz, David; Haramaty, Liti (26 July 2016). "Got Moths? Celebrate National Moth Week and Global Citizen Science". Entomology Today. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. Doyle, Sabrina (17 July 2015). "Wildlife on Friday | National Moth Week seeks citizen scientists". Canadian Geographic.
  8. "Events 2023" (Map). nationalmothweek.org. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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