Caroline Moore

Speckled Footman and Maiden’s Blush

Uncertain? Confused? Well, they’re moths too — and there’s an excellent new Field Guide on hand to help

issue 18 March 2017

  • Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Third Edition)

    Paul Waring and Martin Townsend, illustrated by Richard Lewington

    Bloomsbury, pp. 464

Last year, I attempted to pass through security in an American airport carrying a small black box, containing eight batteries and a visible circuit board. If the switch was flipped, the display counted down in red flashing numbers. Unsuprisingly, the officer in Salt Lake City pulled it out of my hand baggage.

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