Man spots 'remarkable' rare moth while walking dog through town

A critically endangered moth that only flies for a few hours a day over its short life has been found by chance in Victoria's north east.The golden sun moth is only found in isolated populations in Victoria's north east, southern NSW, and the ACT

Mr Ford uploaded the photo to a citizen science website and realised the species was the critically endangered golden sun moth ."It's really uncommon to find a critically endangered species anywhere, let alone in the middle of an urban area with an old tip on one side and a sporting precinct on the other."

"We really wanted to confirm the identification, because you don't necessarily want to announce you've found a critically endangered species when you're not sure," he said.Ian Davidson, an executive member of Wangaratta Landcare and Sustainability, said it was a very rare find. "They're poor fliers, particularly the females. The females can rarely fly more than 100 metres between locations.

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