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• 03 October 2024 By pod

  Fr?m sheep t? puffins, Wales is ?ome to range ?f animals. 
  
  But an unexpected creature ?as taken ?p residency in Wales
  for the fi?st time, having hitched a ride 4,500 miles
  across the globe. 
  
  A new species ?f cclearwing moth ?as beren discovered ?nside a ?ome in Port Talbot, thousands
  ?f miles from its native habitat in South America.
  
  
  ?t is beli?ved two clearwing moths accidentally hitched ? ride ?hen they werre still larvae inside a photographer's boot bag, travelling 4,500
  miles f?om a tropical jungle in Guyana.
  
  ?he crreatures we?e spotted three monnths lat?r on ? windowsil on ? colld Fe?ruary afternoon ?y 22-year-old ecologist Daisy Cadet ?nd her mother Ashleigh, ? professional
  photographer, iin what scientists h?ve des?ribed a? ?n 'improbable
  event' t?at 'defies rational explanation'.
  
  
  
  
  ? new spcies ?f clearwing moth ?as bsen discovered insid? a ?oe in Port Talbot, thousands oof miles f?om its native habitat in South America
  
  
  
  
  
  Thhe clearwing molth ?omehow travelled t?e 4,500 miles f?om a troopical junghle inn Guyana t? Wales
  
  
  
  
  
  ?he creeatures w?r? spotted three months ?ater ?n a windowsill oon ? cold February afternoon by 22-?ear-old ecologist Daisy Cadet(?eft)  ?nd her
  motther Ashleigh (?ight), a professional photographer, ?n what scientists have described ?s an 'improbable event' ??t 'defies rational
  explanation'
  
  
  
  
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  Ms Cadet ?aid: 'It (t?e moth) wasn't flging ar?und at alll - ?robably
  ?ecause the house was too col ?t th? time, and tthe ot?er one next to it had alre?dy died.
  
  
  '?hen I f?rst ?aw t?em, I knew they were clearwings
  and assumed ?t was a UK species li?e the six-banded clearwing.
  
  
  
  '?or me, finding a ne? mot w?s exciting enough but att th?s point,
  I had no idea ?t wa? so unusual.'
  
  T? find o?t more about the strange moths, Ms Cadet decided t? post photos on Instagram stories ?hen a follower ?ot in touch to s?y it
  did not look like a kno?n UK species.
  
  ?he images w??? then shared w?dely b?fore eventually reaching Natural History Museum'? moth experts
  Mark Sterfling ?nd David Lees.
  
  ?s Cadet ?aid: 'From there, it was a fe? months of email chains ?nd
  wild-goose - or moth - chasing t? wor? ?ut
  wh?t t?? moth ?as, and how it g?t t? Wales.'
  
  Through DNA analysis, th? scientists confirmed the moths ?ere
  not ?nly a non-UK species, the? were aleo pre?iously unknown to science.
  
  
  Th?? prompoted M? Cadet to loo? inside mother's boot bag,
  ?hich Ashleigh t?ok w?th her durng her photography trip t?o Guyana.
  
  
  The pair fund tw? delicate cocoon remins - protective coverings t?at insects ?reate during their
  pupal stage ?f development - that ?ere sti?l intact, buried ?n the mud from thhe boots she had worn on t?e trip.
  
  
  
  
  
  To find o?t more about the strange moths, Ms Cadet decided to post photos on Instagram
  stories ?hen a follower got in touch to ?ay it d?d
  not look li?e a ?nown UK species
  
  
  
  
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  Th? specimen, ?hich ?s ?bout 18mm in length, hass ?e?n named Carmenta brachyclados.
  
  
  ?. brachyclados' wings ?re transparent, with black veins
  and black tips ?nd th? upperside of its body
  has iridescent blue stripes edged wit? yellow ones while thee underside is a bright sulphurous yellow, t?e researchers ?aid.
  
  
  
  A sma?l piece of woody vegetation, ?ith what looked like
  holes made ?y th? moths w?en t?ey werre caterpillars, ?as al?o found insid? the
  bag.
  
  Researchers bel?eve t??t thi? pl?nt fragment
  may ?ave been a seed pod from a l?rge tree species ?nown as Mora excelsa,
  which gro?s in the jungles of Central ?nd South America.
  
  
  It is thoug?t t?i? seed podd woul? have protected t?e larvae against being preyed on o? damaged uring travel.
  
  
  ?he humidity and and wrmer temperature ?n the boot bag m?y ?ave helped t?e tropical larvae
  survive ?nd grow into moths during the harsh winter, the
  experts ?aid.
  
  Mark Sterling, ? scientific associate ?t the
  Natural History Museum, ?aid: 'Clearwing moths are notoriously
  difficult t? f?nd, even b? professional entomologists.
  
  
  
  
  
  ? small piece of woody vegetation, with ??at look?d li?e holes m?d? by the moths when t?ey ?ere caterpillars, ?as also fo?nd inside th? bag (pictured ne?t to a 50p coin)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  'Th?? a?e even more difficult t? rear from larvae o? pupae,
  ?hich ?sually dry ?ut or go mouldy wituin a ffew ?ays ?ff collection.'
  
  He sa?d the chances ?f tw? clearwing moths f?om tropical
  jungles ?f South America '?uccessfully emerging ?n South Wales,
  ?ve? thre? mont?s aft?r they arrived, ?n cold Welsh winter, ?nd
  being preserved ?n good condition, ?s extraordinary'.
  
  
  ?r Sterling ?aid: 'Th? improbability ?f this event defies
  rational explanation.
  
  '?owever, whilst in Guyana, Ashleigh ?as told tha
  if she l?ft an offering ?f tobacco t? the jungle spirits ?he would be sho?n som?thing beautiful
  f?om the jungle, ?o that iis w?at s?? ??d.
  
  
  'We conclude in the paper that it must ?ave ?een ?ery go?d
  tobacco.'
  
  ?s Cadet aid that w?ile she fe?t 'incredibly lucky' t? ?ave
  playedd a role ?n discovering a new moth species, shhe
  ?lso experienced '? lot ?f sadness and worry' about ho? many others are b?ing lost to climate c?ange.
  
  
  Sh? ?aid: 'We ?re privileged to be ab?e to make discoveries like this, but I hope
  that this story pushes f?r real action on t?e state of o?r planet ?nd t?e
  biodiversity crisis.
  
  'Awareness ?? no longer enou?h, and we need urgent, meaninhgful action t?
  protewct w?at r?mains.'
  
  Th? reseasrch ?s published ?n t?e journal Nota Lepidopterologic.

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