National Moth Week 2021 Kerala

Jul 12, 2021

National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. NMW 2021 will be held worldwide from July 17-25. Moth-ers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to learn about, observe, and document moths in their backyards, parks, and neighborhoods. NMW Kerala Trying to biring active mothing community with Moth-ers of Kerala, KBMN and other organisations.

More about moths & mothing in kerala

Join NMW2021 iNat Project https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/national-moth-week-2021-kerala/
Register Your (Public/Private) mothing events here. Event Map
Facebook Event
Hashtags #NMWKerala

NMW Kerala Webinars Series

PDF of the Program Schedule

Sat, July 17, 6:30pm – 7:45pm

6.30 pm: Introduction to NMW & Moth Records on iNaturalist from Kerala (Malayalam) - By Manoj Karingamadathil & Firos AK ( PDF)

7.00 pm Mimicry in Moths (Malayalam) - by Unnikrishnan M.P.

Wed July 21, 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Mimicry in Moths (English) - by Unnikrishnan M.P.

Fri, July 23, 6.30 - 7.30pm

An Introduction to Major Moth Families by Mahesh R

Sat, July 24, 6.30 - 7.30 pm

Resources for Moth Studies by Haneesh K M

Sun, July 25, 6.30 - 7.30 pm

National Moth Week 2021 - Experience Sharing
Google Meet joining link: https://meet.google.com/uvv-gadc-uns

More Events

Event Map from NMW

Sun, 13 June 2021 6.30 pm

നിഗൂഢതകളുടെ നിശാശലഭങ്ങൾ by Balakrishnan Valappil
Program Organised by Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS)

Wed July 14, 7.00 pm

The Art and Science of Moth Watching (Malayalam)- Unnikrishnan M.P.
Jointly Organised by Bhoomithraseena Club, Christian College Chengannur and Sreesankara College, Kalady Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/haf-awyf-ipy

Tue July 15, 7.30 pm

Whatsapp session on Introduction to Mothing at Good Earth Organisation (GEO Nature Club)

Mon 19 July, 7.00 pm

More About Moths; An Introduction to Moths and How to observe them by Balakrishnan Valappil

Sun 18 July, 11.00 am

An Introduction to Moths by Unnikrishnan M.P.

Tue 22 July, 03.00 pm

Moth Diversity of Kerala by Balakrishnan Valappil

Hosted by ENVIS Hub Kerala, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Enviroment (KSCSTE)

Tue 22 July, 7.00 pm

Talk on Activites Funawatch & Florawatch Team, Payyannur College

Wikipedia Editathon

This is a experiment effort to create/enrich informations about Indian Moths in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A primary wiki list is prepared by user:Manojk (based on Balakrishan Valappil’s Kerala Checklist) and metapage here here.

In celebration of #mothweek I picked a red-linked moth from @manojkmohan list: https://t.co/wVkjlJPX48 and wrote: https://t.co/ic68gGCA2J reusing a compatible licensed photo from #iNaturalist
— Andra Waagmeester (@andrawaag) July 21, 2021

Wikidata

In preparation for the #Wikipedia @WikipediaWeekly Biodiversity broadcast (tomorrow NZ time) I've just drafted up a document showing how I structure a moth #Wikidata item. Let me know if you think I've missed anything! #AotearoaMothWeek #MothWeek https://t.co/itkVxxpVBd
— Siobhan (@SiobhanLeachman) July 21, 2021