Caterpillar Rearing Competition for Schools
Schedule
Mon Jul 01 2024 at 04:00 pm
UTC+05:30Location
107, Royal Palace, Plot 2, Sector-2, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai), India 410210, Maharashtra | Navi Mumbai, MH
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National Moth Week (NMW) is a global citizen-science project for recording moths. It is held annually for nine days during the last full week and two weekends of July. Usually, adult moths are studied during this week, this time however moth caterpillars will also be studied. Our Caterpillar rearing project is part of this initiative.Please find the event details below:
Launch Date: 1st July 2024
Programme Coordinators: Dr. V. Shubhalaxmi, iNaturewatch Foundation, Ms. Pritha Dey & Mr. Vijay Barve, Diversity India
Project Duration: 1st July- 31st July 2024
Location: All India (North, South, East, West)
Who can participate? Class 6,7,8 students from any school
What is expected from students? Students will rear moth caterpillars to document their life histories. The data need to be uploaded on an external portal.
Are there any prizes to win? Winning school from each zone will receive their library copy of Field Guide to Indian Moths.
How will be the winners chosen? The highest life history records submitted by any school will be declared as winner.
How to register?
*We are only accepting registration forms from schools* They can fill up the form below and submit it along with list of student’s class wise
Register via the given link:
https://inaturewatch.org/moth-monitoring-programme
Register via WhatsApp 9987013144/9833922498
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Where is it happening?
107, Royal Palace, Plot 2, Sector-2, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai), India 410210, Maharashtra, Prajapati Gaurav, 2, Sector 2, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410210, India,Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai), India, Navi MumbaiEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
