'Special surprise' as rare moth found in nature reserve for first time

I READ THE WHOLE THING SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AND THE NUMBER IS NINETEEN WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY MAD BECAUSE NINETEEN BOG GRASS MOTHS JUST SHOWED UP IN A WELSH NATURE RESERVE WHERE NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN THEM BEFORE, LIKE SCIENTISTS SET UP TRAPS IN CORS GEIRCH ON THE LLŶN PENINSULA AND CAUGHT FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX MOTHS IN ONE NIGHT ACROSS NINETY-ONE SPECIES AND BOOM, THIS INCREDIBLY RARE MOTH IS SITTING THERE EATING WET SEDGES, WHICH IS LITERALLY THE ONLY FOOD SOURCE FOR ITS LARVAE, AND THE EXPERTS ARE CALLING IT A SPECIAL SURPRISE BECAUSE USUALLY THEY ONLY TURN UP IN A FEW ENGLISH COUNTIES LIKE DORSET, PLUS THEY FOUND A SIX SPOTTED CRANE FLY AND A BLACK NIGHTRUNNER GROUND BEETLE CHILLING IN THE FEN EVEN THOUGH EIGHTY PERCENT OF UK PEATLANDS ARE DAMAGED, ANYWAY THE DJ IS COOKING, LET US GO.

STOP STOP I HAVE TO SAY THIS FIRST, IT IS LIKE OPENING A DUSTY BOX OF OLD SOCKS IN YOUR ATTIC AND PULLING OUT A RARE COLLECTIBLE TOY, EXCEPT CONSERVATIONISTS IN NORTH WALES PUT UP MOTH TRAPS IN A WET FLAT FEN CALLED CORS GEIRCH ON THE LLŶN PENINSULA AND OVERNIGHT THEY CAUGHT HUNDREDS OF MOTHS AND NINETEEN OF THEM WERE BOG GRASS MOTHS, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE NOBODY HAD EVER RECORDED THEM IN THIS ENTIRE AREA BEFORE AS THEY ARE MOSTLY IN ENGLISH COUNTIES LIKE DORSET, AND THE THING IS THE HABITAT GROWS WET SEDGES WHICH IS LITERALLY THE ONLY FOOD SOURCE FOR THEIR LARVAE, SO NOW THEY ALSO FOUND THE SIX SPOTTED CRANE FLY AND A BLACK NIGHTRUNNER GROUND BEETLE SURVIVING THERE DESPITE EIGHTY PERCENT OF UK PEATLANDS BEING DAMAGED. ANYWAY THAT IS MY WHOLE THING, LET US DANCE.

Nineteen rare Bog Grass Moths have been recorded for the first time at Cors Geirch National Nature Reserve in north Wales during an overnight survey.

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