Insect Investigation — What types of moths can you find around your home at night?
Read Aloud:
Claudia & Moth Story Time Reading by Jennifer Hansen Rolli
Materials:
- White sheet (or something similar)
- Something to hang your sheet on such as a clothesline
- Light (porch light, bright flashlight, etc.)
- Science journal or blank paper
- Pencil
- Camera (optional)
- Colored pencils (optional)
- Clipboard or something hard to write on outside (optional)
- Internet or other field guides (optional)
- An adult or someone in your family to help
What to do:
- Head outside and find a place where you want to attract moths. This could be on your front porch or somewhere else.
- Hang up your white sheet and aim your light at the sheet. Hang your sheet near your porch light if you are using that.
- Wait for the moths to become attracted to the light and then see if you can identify them!
- Take pictures or draw what you find in your Science Journal and use the internet or a field guide to see if you can identify them.
- Post pictures of your Science Journal on Facebook and tag us @VINS.VT!
Resource for parents:
- Finding Moths – National Moth Week
- Insects in Vermont
- You can also take a picture and upload to iNaturalist to get help with the identification
Contact education@vinsweb.org with questions or comments.