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Critically endangered golden sun moth found by man walking dog in Wangaratta
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.
Key points:
- The golden sun moth is only found in isolated populations in Victoria’s north east, southern NSW, and the ACT
- Will Ford was shocked to find out how rare it was after he uploaded a photo of it online to identify it
- The moth only lives for a few days and can only fly around 100 metres at a time
Will Ford was walking his dog in Wangaratta when he spotted the golden sun moth.
“I found this unusual moth and took some photos of it,” he said.
“When I see something I don’t recognise I love to try to identify it.”
Mr Ford uploaded the photo to a citizen science website and realised the species was the…
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