There's so much to tell you about, but we'll start with the sighting of some unusual wildlife (at least unusual to us!).
We camped at Ulgedook on the weekend and were enjoying some pleasant evening weather (also rather unusual lately), and decided to have a small campfire. The stars were coming out, the mosquitoes were staying away and just before turning in for the night, we saw this exotic creature clinging to our camping torch. It's a luna moth.
A quick Google search will tell you these are unusual moths indeed. They have one purpose, to reproduce. They don't even have a mouth for feeding! Luna moths fall prey to bats which was unfortunate to learn as I've been thinking about hanging some bat houses to deal with the hoards of mosquitoes. And I thought dealing with squirrels was problematic. More about the squirrels in another post. Back to the luna moth. Apparently another obstacle to their raison d'etre is outside lights. The moths get so distracted by being attracted to light, they forget to look for a mate. And you thought the human dating scene is difficult!
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