Moth night, Montana, USA
Moth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lights and white sheets, Rock Creek, Montana, USA.
It was National Moth Week!
With the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium.
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Image below: Glenn Marangelo looks for moths that are attracted to the bright lights lighting up a white sheet.
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Image below: Sparrow, a 9-year old entomologist, runs back with a flashlight to report a cool bug she has just spotted.
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Image below: Robert Niese, ecologist, just found out why his camera would not focus; a moth had landed on the lens.
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Image below: Glenn Marangelo inspects the white sheet for invertebrates.
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Image Below: Jennifer and Glenn Marangelo inspect the white sheet for invertebrates.
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Image below: Silhouette of a moth situated on the other side of the white sheet.
Moth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lightMoth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lights and white sheets, Rock Creek, Montana, USA
Image below: Blue light and a white sheet attract invertebrates at night.
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Image below: Robb Krehbiel and Robert Niese look for invertebrates.
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Image below: Kristi Dubois and Robert Niese photograph invertebrates.
Moth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lightMoth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lights and white sheets, Rock Creek, Montana, USA
Sparrow on the lookout for bugs.
Moth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lightMoth night, attracting moths and other invertebrates using lights and white sheets, Rock Creek, Montana, USA