Never swat a moth! I rescued this little guy from certain death from a bathroom in Lowton two days ago. It's a micro moth and one of the tortrix species, this is Exapate congelatella. Amazingly, there have only ever been three records in St Helens, two of which were from my backyard, and according to the NBN Gateway there are no records from Great Manchester! In fact, if you can believe the NBN map (and it is usually pretty accurate when it comes to moths), the three records from St Helens are the only records from anywhere in SW Lancs, Merseyside, North Cheshire or Greater Manchester! So like I said, never swat a moth....
Saturday, 2 November 2013
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