‘Really sad moment’: bogong moth among 124 Australian additions to endangered species list
by Lisa Cox from on (#5SWAH)
Ecologists say numbers declined by about 99.5% three years ago, likely due to drought, pesticides and light pollution
They were once so common, swarms of Australian bogong moths almost seemed to block out the moon" at certain times of the year.
Now, the bogong has been listed as endangered on the global red list of threatened species after crashes in its population in recent years.
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