Friday, April 10, 2009

Moths

"Although moths as a class are defenseless and can seek safety only in flight, and although they have hordes of enemies in the sparrows, the spotted flycatchers, nightjars (local name, "moth hunters"), and owls, although they are sucked under by fish, snapped up by bats, devoured by the omnivorous hedgehog, and captured in the webs of spiders, still they continue to do colossal damage." (p. 15)

Moncrieff, R. W. Mothproofing. London: L. Hill, 1950.

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