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Scientists to track 10,000 moths across Australia, using little more than eyelash glue and confetti-like tags

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Scientists to track 10,000 moths across Australia, using little more than eyelash glue and confetti-like tags
First-of-its-kind project will see bogong moths tagged in the Australian Alps and monitored as they reach breeding grounds
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First-of-its-kind project will see bogong moths tagged in the Australian Alps and monitored as they reach breeding grounds

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Researchers and citizen scientists will, for the first time, tag and track 10,000 bogong moths as they travel hundreds of kilometres from the Australian Alps to breeding grounds across the country’s south-east.

The massive moth-tagging project was modelled on Monarch Watch, a citizen science program that has traced the migration of monarch butterflies across North America over decades. Both species undertake long-distance journeys, with butterflies travelling by day and bogong moths by night.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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