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Spots available: 10+
Hillsborough Moth Crawl
ORGANIZATION: BACKYARD BUTTERFLIES
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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Spots available: 10+
Volunteers are needed to help with set-up and take-down of moth light equipment, check-in attendees, assist with monitoring the collecting sheets, lights, and stability of frames. Volunteers may help attendees with playing Moth Bingo, pointing out interesting insects, and provide basic assistance with using iNaturalist.
Summon the Light: Commune with the Moths.Unofficially described as part citizen science, part magic, and all parts pure moth joy, we’re ecstatic to return for another night of mothy mayhem! Whether you are a curious newcomer or seasoned moth’er, young or old, join us for an evening around the glowing lights where moths lurk and everyone’s weirdness is welcome!
This year’s Moth Crawl has expanded thanks to a grant from the Hillsborough Garden Club. Moth your way across three locations in one night at multiple Mothing Stations per venue. We will have over 10 different light collecting sheets using a combination of mercury vapor, LepiLED, and Entoqup UV lights.
Moth Station hosts and volunteers will help you identify moths on collecting sheet(s), answer questions, and provide information about moths and the various other insects you will see.
Mothing is a weather dependent activity. Attendees will be provided updates by email about delayed start times or rescheduling in the event of rain. The scheduled rain date is Sunday, June 8 at the same times and locations.
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About BACKYARD BUTTERFLIES
Location:
1507 US HWY 70A EAST, HILLSBOROUGH, NC 27278, US
Mission Statement
We provide Lepidoptera education, community outreach, and support for creating and maintaining butterfly and moth friendly backyard gardens and habitats within the state of North Carolina
Description
Backyard Butterflies engaged and conducts multiple activities and events annually during the Lepidoptera season.
Education: We provide Lepidoptera education via classes, workshops, butterfly counts, and moth nights.
Community Outreach: We attend public festivals and community events. We offer multiple opportunities for citizen science through our NABA butterfly counts and moth nights.
Backyard Habitats: The symbiotic relationship between Lepidoptera species and host plants is crucial to the Lepidoptera life cycle. This aspect of our mission includes Plant Production, Plant Sale Fundraisers, and maintenance of our Backyard Habitat.
Our annual events include Annual Moth Night during National Moth Week, Annual Open House & Plant Swap in June, and the Hillsborough Moth Crawl. We also conduct the North Carolina Under-reported County Mothing Project (NCUCMP) through the NC Moth Project, a citizen science project targeting under-reported counties within the state.
Our programs include the Caterpillar Support Program in which we offer free support and assistance to help people who have caterpillars in need of host plants to complete their life cycle. Our Plant Donation Program awards Plant Grants to qualifying groups, organizations, schools, churches, libraries, and HOAs.
CAUSE AREAS
Animals,
Environment
WHEN
Sat Jun 07, 2025
08:00 PM - 11:30 PM
WHERE
1507 US Hwy 70A EastHillsborough, NC 27278
(36.06026 ,-79.06816 )
DATE POSTED
April 20, 2025
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Gardening
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
- Private Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- Must be at least 18
- 3 hours
Private Group Details
- Group Size Range 1 - 10
- Event can be held at organization location(s)
- Donation Requested