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Rare Luna moth found on Devon
by stvalentine | June 18, 2008 at 08:18 am | 241 views | 2 comments
Wildlife experts were all a-flutter after this rare moth was found on a Devon doorstep 4,000 miles from home.
The pale green Luna Moth is native to North America but because it has no mouth it cannot feed and so has a lifespan of just one week.
It is such a rare sight that even in its native land it was recently placed on the endangered list.
But Lauren Saunders, aged six, and her sister Chloe, four, found this one their doorstep - in Okehampton, Devon.
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June 18, 2008 at 08:18 am by stvalentine, 241 views, 2 comments
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at 08:34 on June 18th, 2008
Strange and interesting. Thanks for posting.
at 17:17 on June 18th, 2008
Last summer my girls and I saw two of these , one flying near a lamp post the other sitting in gravel in the drive of a gas station. My small daughter caught it and put it in her shoe where it laid eggs. The eggs did not make it. The one flying was really amazing to see. I hope they make a come back.