The moth Heloxycanus patricki is one of the largest insects in the Seaward Moss peatland, but surprisingly escaped detection until April 1981. Named in 1994, it has sphagnum-feed-ing larvae that feed from within a deep subterranean tunnel which is often below the water-table. The fact that adults only emerge every second year and only in late autumn through to winter has contributed to its relative obscurity.
BRIAN PATRICK
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Forest and Bird, Issue 299, 1 February 2001, Page 33
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68The moth Heloxycanus patricki is one of the largest insects in the Seaward Moss peatland, but surprisingly escaped detection until April 1981. Named in 1994, it has sphagnum-feeding larvae that feed from within a deep sub- terranean tunnel which is often below the water-table. The fact that adults only emerge every second year and only in late autumn through to winter has contributed to its relative obscurity. BRIAN PATRICK Forest and Bird, Issue 299, 1 February 2001, Page 33
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