Why ‘me moth’ could light up your life

Damien Enright looks at the wonderful creature that is the moth and the new methods for collection, rather than board pinioning.

A novel recreation readers may enjoy in the new year is the pursuit of moths. Not the physical pursuit— it wouldn’t be sensible to go rushing about in the dark with a butterfly net — but the semi-sedentary cataloguing of the creatures.

It’s not difficult to set up a moth trap in the back garden, and those of towns and cities are as likely as those in the country to attract common and exotic varieties.