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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Nick Evershed

MYSTERIOUS: The great moth revival how bogongs have bounced back | Mind Blowing Facts

Bogong moths gather around a streetlight
Bogong moths gather around a streetlight in Wollongong. The insects are back in big numbers on Australia’s east coast, including in Sydney and Melbourne. Photograph: Ken Griffiths/Getty Images/iStockphoto

If you live anywhere on the eastern side of Australia, you’ve probably noticed that bogong moths are back in a big way.

While we don’t yet have figures from ecologist-led surveys to compare with previous years, there is a wealth of data on the great moth revival being generated by citizen scientists across the eastern states.

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