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We all know of the koala, kangaroo and kookaburra. But here in Australia, we have another icon, the bogong moth. Just a little brown moth, but the stuff of legend.
They provide a valuable food source for both animals and humans alike. In winter, the larvae feed on the vast, open inland plains. As the weather warms, a journey of over 1000 km is undertaken to the cool caves of the Southern Alps where they aestivate during the hot summer months.
Twice yearly, they migrate by the billion, darkening the sky. One of Australia’s natural wonders.
Well, they did up until a few decades ago when populations began to decline in a big way. And from 2017, 99% of bogongs had disappeared. That is horrific. Reasons cited are lack of rain, draining of the Murray-Darling Basin by agriculture and climate change that decrease host plants for the larvae. Also, light pollution interfering with star and Milky Way navigation by the adult moths.
30 years ago, when we came to live in this location, at this time of year, the whole house would be covered in bogongs. Then, as the years passed, all I saw were single specimens, if that, every year.
And then this weekend, on Saturday night, a wonderful thing happened. Hundreds and hundreds of bogongs rested for a while at my place. I stood on the top balcony, photographed those at rest (there were far more than in these close-up shots) and enjoyed being bombarded by hundreds more. Not for the faint-hearted, but it was absolutely joyous to me and I’m hoping a sign of nature’s resilience.
Agrotis infusa, family Noctuidae. 50 mm wingspan.
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