A new species of moth has been described far away from home - in Wales - following a cross-continent detective journey to discover its origins. Natural History Museum scientists from separate fields, ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom discovered a new species of clearwing moth after a photographer unknowingly carried it home from Guyana. Photo from Sterling, Cadet, Beasley and Lees (2024) A ...

A new species of moth was found in a home in south Wales after travelling thousands of miles in a photographer's boot bag. Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae, ...

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You can be be living in a country for decades, and then one day you find out: a chunky moth that looks just like a wasp lives there too. This stripy specimen was discovered in a nature reserve in ...

A new species of clearwing moth, Carmenta brachyclados, has been found in Port Talbot, Wales, and described by Natural History Museum scientists Not a native to the UK, the moth is a denizen of the ...

A new species of moth has been discovered in a home in Wales after a pair of insects accidentally hitched a ride in a photographer’s boot bag, surviving a 4,500-mile trip across the globe. The two ...