UK migrants (mainly moths).

[Chris Raper]

On 27 Jul 1998 10:03:37 -0700, lday at iquest.net (Liz Day) wrote:

>Wait a second - *moths* migrate?  Do they migrate, or just drift around?

Hi Liz

They migrate - in fact they migrate just as far as butterflies like
the Monarch (in the US) or Painted Lady (in the UK).

I'm not sure exactly how the urge to migrate is expressed in an
animals with such a small 'brain' but several north African species
migrate every year up through Europe and regularly reach the UK and
Scandenavia - sometimes in very large numbers.  :-)

Best wishes,
Chris R.