Underwing and a prayer: Moth Night spotters hope for a flash of fuchsia

Three-night event aims to track creatures’ climate-driven spread into new parts of UK

People are being invited to help track the spread of a moth that often hides its hindwings of dazzling fuchsia beneath a dowdy brown “overcoat”.

The dark crimson underwing has enjoyed an “amazing” August, according to experts, appearing in many new locations, including the first ever recorded sighting in Wales.

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