Meetings with moths : discovering their mystery and extraordinary lives /

by Baird, Katty.

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BookPublisher: London : 4th Estate, 2023Description: 240 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780008474065 (hbk.) :; 0008474060 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 595.7809 BAISubject(s): Moths -- Scotland -- East Lothian | Popular Science | Popular Science and Nature | Biology, life sciences | Nature & the natural world: general interest | Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders: general interestSummary: Why do butterflies bask in the limelight as mood-lifting colourful insects associated with bright flowers and sunny days, when the near-identical moths are relegated to be cast as their drab and dowdy, at best ignored, cousins? The ecologist Katty Baird roams East Lothian in Scotland, trapping, documenting and observing moths. Burnet Moths, Kentish Glories, Death's Head Hawk-Moths are just some of the moths that catch her attention as she climbs into holes, ventures behind waterfalls and wanders forests. This book is a story about green health and the power of a passion to sustain us.

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Why do butterflies bask in the limelight as mood-lifting colourful insects associated with bright flowers and sunny days, when the near-identical moths are relegated to be cast as their drab and dowdy, at best ignored, cousins? The ecologist Katty Baird roams East Lothian in Scotland, trapping, documenting and observing moths. Burnet Moths, Kentish Glories, Death's Head Hawk-Moths are just some of the moths that catch her attention as she climbs into holes, ventures behind waterfalls and wanders forests. This book is a story about green health and the power of a passion to sustain us.

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