National Moth Week
Citizen science project
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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 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Citizen science |
| Dates | Last week in July |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location | 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]