In celebration of #YearOfTheMoth, the Mothbox team hired an artist in Panama, David Francesco, to create a fun sticker pack so you can more adequately express yourself online via Moths!

Available in @signalapp (and telegram + WhatsApp below!)
#sciart #teammoth
https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=9c35299a635ffc99ea00112c8771d227&pack_key=e5296f25a3d1693809ea4280020df844d6fe5dfc6fc3c9941618cb5ce5b29720

Last #YearOfTheMoth of my 30's!

Heterogynis penella.
This alpine moth females remain a wingless grub who lays eggs in her old cocoon and then gets devoured by her babies.

#moth #teamMoth #mothweek2026 #mothweekart26 #mothweek

Last year
@wildlabs and ARM gave us another amazing prize to make a new, mass-manufacturable version of the Mothbox! We spent this time learning how to design industrial PCBs with
@kicad , and now have a wonderful version we are distributing around the world!

Check out its specs!

Here's a fun #sciArt challenge for #yearOfTheMoth!

It's a list of weekly neat moths to make art about from now until #mothWeek

I have a fluorescent tattoo of an agouti on my hand to let me quickly test if certain materials let UV light through :)

I gave it to myself with tattoo silicone that people use for lizards, so can't recommend others actually do this.
12:41 PM · Mar 12, 2026
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Mothpacker! Created a new visualizer for #Mothbox data I'm excited about!

I smashed some background subtraction AI with a bin packing algorithm and fun pastel backgrounds inspired by @dradriansmith and @specialnothing

The results are fun, and each image represents a slightly different sorting algorithm.

The Mothbox is our latest #openscience #opensource #hardware tool for studying insect biodiversity! It's a low-cost #diy device you can build with off-the-shelf parts and simple documentation. Thanks to an incredible grant we won from @wildlabsnet we have been able to pour our heart into this #tech4wildlife project since march and refine it to be a really robust, jungle-proof and easy to use device!

Full documentation to build one yourself here:
https://digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/