The moths vanishing from Britain's night skies - in pictures
The V moth, of which there has been a 99% decrease in sightings between 1968 and 2007Photograph: Chris Manley/Butterfly ConservationA map showing the distribution of the V moth in the UKPhotograph: Butterfly ConservationThe orange upperwing moth has become extinct in the last 10 yearsPhotograph: A Spalding/Butterfly Conservation
A swallow-tailed mothPhotograph: Robert Thompson/Butterfly ConservationA Blair's shoulder-knot mothPhotograph: Les Hill/Butterfly ConservationA garden tiger moth, whose numbers have fallen by 92% over 40 years due to warm winters and wet springsPhotograph: Mark Parsons/Butterfly ConservationA bordered gothic moth, which is now extinctPhotograph: David Green/Butterfly ConservationA least carpet mothPhotograph: Mark Parsons/Butterfly ConservationA sixspot burnet mothPhotograph: Butterfly ConservationA Brighton wainscot moth, which is now extinctPhotograph: David Green/Butterfly ConservationA double dart mothPhotograph: Mark Parsons/Butterfly ConservationAn elephant hawk mothPhotograph: Rachel Scopes/Butterfly ConservationA scarce footman mothPhotograph: Roy Leverton/Butterfly ConservationA spinach mothPhotograph: Roy Leverton/Butterfly ConservationA treble brown spot mothPhotograph: Mark Parsons/Butterfly Conservation
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