-scientists describe discovery as ‘improbable event’ that ‘defies rational explanation’
In what UK scientists have described as an “improbable event” that “defies rational explanation,” a new species of moth was discovered in a home in south Wales, after travelling thousands of miles from its native habitat in a photographer’s boot bag.
According to Nilima Marshall of the Evening Standard, it is believed two clearwing moths accidentally hitched a ride when they were still larvae inside a photographer’s boot bag, travelling 4,500 miles from a tropical jungle in Guyana, before ending up in Port Talbot.
The creatures were spotted three months later on a windowsill on a cold February afternoon by 22-year-old ecologist Daisy Cadet and her mother Ashleigh, a professional photographer, in what scientists have described as an “improbable event” that “defies rational explanation”.
