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New moth species found in Wales had travelled from tropical jungle

Sky News on October 2, 2024

Undated handout photo of Daisy Cadet with her mother Ashleigh. A new species of moth has been discovered inside a home in Wales, thousands of miles from its native habitat in South America. It is believed two clearwing moths accidentally hitched a ride when they were still larvae inside a photographer's boot bag, travelling 4,500 miles from a tropical jungle in Guyana before ending up in Port Talbot. Issue date: Wednesday October 2, 2024.

Two moths discovered in a home in south Wales had travelled thousands of miles from their natural jungle habitat and were previously unknown to science, the Natural History Museum has found.

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Publish date : 2024-10-02 08:30:00

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