POSTPONED
Update November 5, 2011: The lecture today has been postponed. Watch for details on the new date
Butterflies and Moths of the LA Region with Daniel Marlos
Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 1:30 PM
http://www.theodorepayne.org/
10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352-2116
To register for classes, call the office at (818) 768-1802.
Come see The Bugman lecture on local butterflies and moths and the plants that attract them.
http://www.theodorepayne.org/calendar.html
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¶ Posted 02 November 2011 § ‡ ° National Moth Week
Posted October 20, 2011
National Moth Week
National Moth Week (www.nationalmothweek.org) is a celebration of moths and biodiversity. It is being held July 23-29, 2012.
Why moths? With more than 10,000 species in North America alone, moths offer endless options for study, education, photography and fun. Moths can be found everywhere from inner cities, to suburban backyards and the most wild and remote places. The diversity of moths is simply astounding. Their colors and patterns are often dazzling or so cryptic that they define camoflauge. Shapes and sizes span the gamut with some as small as a pinhead and others as large as a hand. Most moths are nocturnal creatures of the night, and need to be sought to see – others fly like butterflies during the day. Finding moths is easy and can be as simple as leaving a porch light on and checking it after dark. Serious moth aficionados use special lights and baits to attract them. Moths are also featured widely in literature and art providing a different angle for enjoyment and study. Moth Nights are often held by nature groups and allow an easy opportunity for an introduction or for more serious pursuits. National Moth Week brings together everyone interested in moths to celebrate these amazing insects. It is hoped that groups and individuals from all the across the country will spend some time during National Moth Week looking for moths and sharing what they’ve found. During National Moth Week attend a Moth Night event, start one, get some friends and neighbors together and check the porch lights from time to time, set up a light and see what is in your own backyard, read literature about moths. But no matter what, participate; the richness of moths is sure to fascinate. National Moth Week: Exploring Nighttime Nature.
¶ Posted 20 October 2011 § Moths ‡ ° National Moth Week
Posted October 19, 2011
White Lined Sphinx
Hi Daniel…it has been a long time, so I hope all is well on your end. I visit WTB often and the site remains incredible! I sent an email to you about two weeks ago, but to a different email address so I suspect it wound up somewhere in cyberland. Julian Donahue suggested I reach out via this email so hopefully it will now connect. I understand you and Julian are neighbors. Cool, two bug guys as neighbors, what are the odds?
So, I wanted to touch base about an exciting project we are working on. It’s called National Moth Week and is basically a cool way to spotlight moths and biodiversity. Hopefully it will bring a lot of people together with similar interests and turn on a lot of people to moths! We have a website up and running, though it needs work (like an interactive map, photos etc.) but its a start and is now being modified regularly to increase content and locations. Its at www.nationalmothweek.org We’ve got a cool logo too. BugGuide, Discover Life, BAMONA and Moth Photographers Group are on board and Dave Wagner and John Himmelman have also lent their support and will likely run or coordinate events. There has been unanimous positive feedback about holding a National Moth Week next year from everyone we’ve reached out to. We are also talking to LepSoc, AES, ESA, and others about being partners. The more we can spread the word about moths and biodiversity, the better!
By a bit of luck, the date of National Moth Week corresponds with the LepSoc meeting July 23-29 2012. These dates were actually selected to correspond to the southern moth night events already planned down that way (in NC, SC, MD, VA, GA, FL). (http://www.bwwells.org/mothnight) We didnt know that LepSoc was holding their meeting at the same time, but its perfect.
Since we started floating this idea about a few weeks ago, the support and positive feedback has been incredible. People\groups have said they would hold moth night events that week in NJ, CT, MA, NY, AL, MI, WI, WA and likely in PR, CA and TX and that is only in the first week of promoting this! The goal is to have at least one Moth Night event that week in every state. I think we can do it and bring tremendous focus and publicity on moths and biodiversity and all the various groups participating. It looks like CT and Mass may have statewide Moth Night events during the week at multiple locations.
We would also like to partner\collaborate with as many groups\organizations\individuals as possible and WTB is perfect! We are basically going to be the cheerleader and clearinghouse for Moth Night events around the country. We see this as very different from the National Noth Night held in the UK that is very data oriented and formalized. With National Moth Week each Moth night can be whatever it is. A single person looking at moths at their porch light, to organized events designed to bring people together. They can also be simply for naturalist purposes or for serious data collection. Whatever the organizer decides works for them is fine.
We’d love to have WTB as a collaborator and link it to the website and Facebook and vice versa and have help promoting this . I think all of us together can do something fun and incredible to bring attention to moths and more broadly biodiversity. I think these events and National Moth Week might just be the perfect venue for raising environmental awareness across the country.
Look forward to hearing from you about this and hopefully WTB as a partner, Dave
David Moskowitz
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¶ Posted 19 October 2011 § Moths ‡ ° Ed. Note: Found on the internet
October 17, 2011
While trying to locate something on the internet this morning, our bleary eyed staff stumbled upon this eye opener entitled “I hearby resign from Whatsthatbug.com” and we were quite touched by Pest Cemetery’s posting. We do need to clarify that we have never received 5000 emails in a single day. Our busiest days log in at about 140 emails, but that is still quite a challenge to our tiny editorial staff.
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¶ Posted 17 October 2011 § ‡ ° Tagged: fanmail See the Bugman at Lummis Home
Announcement: Slide Presentation of local Los Angeles insects
Where: Lummis Home (El Alisal) 200 East Avenue 43, Los Angeles, CA 90031
When: October 15, 2011 from 10 AM to 4 PM (WTB? presentation at approximately 2 PM)
Why: Benefit for the gardens of the Lummis Home
If you don’t have plans for Saturday, October 15, come out to this wonderful event at the historic Lummis Home along the Arroyo Seco and adjacent to the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway (110 freeway).
See Urban Rancho on Facebook.
- Click for enlarged poster
Update: October 16, 2011
The talk was well attended, and the Lummis Home garden benefit took in over $800, including the promise of $100 from the Mt Washington Homeowners Alliance. We also want to thank our own readers and contributors, Anna from Hawthorne and Barbara from South Pasadena, who attended the talk. It was nice to meet some of our internet friends in person.
¶ Posted 13 October 2011 § ‡ ° Announcement: Slide Presentation of local Los Angeles insects
Where: Lummis Home (El Alisal) 200 East Avenue 43, Los Angeles, CA 90031
When: October 15, 2011 from 10 AM to 4 PM (WTB? presentation at approximately 2 PM)
Why: Benefit for the gardens of the Lummis Home
If you don’t have plans for Saturday, October 15, come out to this wonderful event at the historic Lummis Home along the Arroyo Seco and adjacent to the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway (110 freeway).
See Urban Rancho on Facebook.
Click for enlarged poster
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¶ Posted 21 September 2011 § ‡ ° Why not consider a book?
- The Curious World of Bugs
It has been ten months since Daniel’s book, The Curious World of Bugs was released by Penguin/Perigee, and sadly, it never hit #1 on any best sellers lists despite the numerous 5 star reviews on Amazon (honestly, none of our friends wrote them). If you know someone who is interested in things that crawl, consider this as a gift idea and get a copy for your own bookshelf as well. If you have read the book, consider posting a review on Amazon. We can’t understand why Martha has still not booked an appearance.
Interestingly, our crack technical staff just informed us that in the past month, nearly 60% of the copies of The Curious World of Bugs that were ordered through our website links came from the Denver, Colorado area. Can it really be that Denver is ground zero for entomophiles?
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Why not consider a book?
The Curious World of Bugs
It has been nine months since Daniel’s book, The Curious World of Bugs was released by Penguin/Perigee, and sadly, it never hit #1 on any best sellers lists despite the numerous 5 star reviews on Amazon (honestly, none of our friends wrote them). If you know someone who is interested in things that crawl, consider this as a gift idea and get a copy for your own bookshelf as well. If you have read the book, consider posting a review on Amazon. We can’t understand why Martha has still not booked an appearance.
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