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Pollinator Week is an annual event that celebrates pollinators. Mark your calendar for June 21-27, 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Check out this fascinating article from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/butterflies-moths-fossils-evo....

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.

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!

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