(VA) (NOVA Parks) Join NOVA Parks Roving Naturalist Matt Felperin on a quest to capture and identify these nocturnal fliers using bedsheets and blacklights. While butterflies usually get most of the attention as beautiful flying insects and key pollinators, moths are more critical to the ecosystem than most realize! There are ten times as many moths in the world than ...
(VA) (NOVA Parks) Join the Roving Naturalist for a late night meteor shower watch party! Every August, the earth passes through a debris field produced by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle; causing the Perseid Meteor Shower. As crazy as it seems, this is the best time to get outside and see the highest volume of meteors. So, get a good night's rest the ...
(VA) (NOVA Parks) Join the NOVA Parks Roving Naturalist for a late night meteor shower watch party at Goose Creek Bridge Historic Park! Every December, the earth passes through a debris field produced by asteroid 3200 Phaethon; causing the Gemenid Meteor Shower. As crazy as it seems, after midnight is the best time to get outside and see the highest ...
