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LISTEN: Volunteers head to Mount Field to search for Tasmania's flightless pandani moth

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  • Volunteers plan to search Mount Field this weekend for the flightless pandani moth, which lives in Tasmania's alpine areas. Dr Jarrah Dale from Friends of the Pandani Moth says the moth was first described in the late 1990s and was not seen again until last year.
  • Dr Dale says the moths are unique, with close relatives in New Zealand.
  • Volunteers will try to find the moths and count them.
LISTEN: Volunteers head to Mount Field to search for Tasmania's flightless pandani moth
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