UK migrants (mainly moths).

[Andrew Daw]

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

In fact I was watching a program on BBC2 last night about the Bogong Moth
in Australia which does an annual migration similar to the Monarch.
To summarise: It spends the larva stage munching on crops in the relatively
cooler winter months.  Then as spring comes in it metamorphasises into the
adult moth and migrates into the mountains where it spends the scorching
summers resting (in their 1000's) in the caves there.
After the summer they migrate back again, mate lay eggs and die.

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