13 Feb 2016

Moths: are there less about?

From This Way Up, 1:15 pm on 13 February 2016

Listener Jo is worried about moths and thinks she's seeing less of them around. So are there really fewer moths around these days? Robert Hoare of Landcare Research is a moth specialist and the author of 'A Photographic Guide to Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand'.
 

Moth specialist Robert Hoare at Nelson Lakes catching micromoths

Moth specialist Robert Hoare at Nelson Lakes catching micromoths Photo: Supplied

Plate from 'New Zealand Moths and Butterflies' by George Vernon Hudson (1898)

Plate from 'New Zealand Moths and Butterflies' by George Vernon Hudson (1898) Photo: Public Domain