Announcements
Apr 09, 2021 ...
We are continually adding photographs of caterpillars to the image gallery. Browse the images and check out the diversity of moth caterpillars and butterfly caterpillars.
If you have a verified submission of a caterpillar, and you would like to see it in the gallery, you can recommend your photograph for addition to the gallery. Go to the "Manage my Photographs" link under My BAMONA (the blue star on mobile). Follow the instructions and suggest your images for inclusion in the gallery.
Apr 08, 2021 ...
The DeWind Committee selects at least two students engaged in the field of Lepidoptera (moth and butterfly) conservation to receive an award to support their research. The winners of the 2021 DeWind Awards are:
Wendy Valencia-Montoya (Harvard University)
Christopher Halsch (University of Nevada, Reno)
Read more on the Xerces blog: Announcing the 2021 DeWind Award Winners
Jul 14, 2020 ...
Finding moths is a perfect social distancing activity! No need to meet with a big group; just check out a nearby park or building in the dark.
Learn more about National Moth Week.
You can collect moth sightings and submit them to us as part of National Moth Week. Find out how to share your National Moth Week sightings with Butterflies and Moths of North America.
Jun 21, 2020 ...
National Pollinator Week is June 22-28, 2020. This is a great week to spend time learning more about pollinators. Learn all about Pollinator Week and find activities you can do.
May 29, 2020 ...
Update June 3: Bug fix is complete!
Starting around May 22, 2020, some users have reported errors they received while trying to submit sightings to BAMONA using the Google Chrome internet browser. We are aware of the bug , and it is being actively worked on. We will update this post when the bug is fixed.
In the meantime, we recommend switching to another web browser such as Firefox, Safari, or Internet Edge to submit your sightings because this bug appears to be limited to Google Chrome. You can download Firefox for free at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/.
Please consider supporting BAMONA by visiting our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.me/BAMONA.
Nov 05, 2019 ...
Check out this fascinating article from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/butterflies-moths-fossils-evo....
Jul 31, 2019 ...
Do you have the expertise to review photographs of moths spotted in Missouri or the western US (California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah) ? We could use your help!
Contact us for more information.
Jul 01, 2019 ...
There's good news and bad news at Butterflies and Moths of North America this summer. The good news is that we are getting lots of traffic to the site, and many users are submitting and reviewing sightings. Hooray!
The bad news? We can't use Google's mapping service for free anymore. The site utilizes Google's mapping services quite heavily, both for displaying maps and also for geocoding the locations of submitted sightings. Google used to be freely available, then it switched to a paid service with a small free tier, and now the free tier is simply too small for this project. Unfortunately, with the heavy site usage, use of Google is now expensive. The estimated costs for the month of June were nearly $500, just for the Google mapping services that we use.
This new fee from Google doesn't include any other costs of running the project: hosting, development, security updates, user management, etc. We have very limited funding from advertising, which already did not cover all the associated costs of the project. So, now we are looking at a larger gap between funding and costs.
Update (July 2): We were able to restore service so users can seamlessly submit sightings.
How to help? If you would like to help us defray costs, please consider making a financial contribution via our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.me/BAMONA. Or contact us to request the snail mail address where you can send a check.
Jun 13, 2019 ...
Moths’ vital role as nature’s often unheralded nighttime pollinators will be spotlighted during the 8th Annual National Moth Week, July 20-28.
National Moth Week (NMW) invites moth enthusiasts – a.k.a. “moth-ers” – of all ages and abilities to participate in this worldwide citizen science project that literally shines a light on moths, their beauty, ecological diversity and critical role in the natural world
Free online registration is open to individuals, groups, schools, parks, museums, nature centers and other organizations. Events are posted on the NMW events map. This year’s registration form enables events before and after NMW to be included.
Participants are invited to contribute their moth photos and observations to NMW partner websites such as Butterflies and Moths of North America, as well as the NMW Flickr group.
To learn more about National Moth Week, visit www.nationalmothweek.org, or write to info@nationalmothweek.org.
Thank you for your support!
Jun 10, 2019 ...
Pollinator Week is quickly approaching! Visit https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week to learn more about how to get involved.
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