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Offline Grumpmeister

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Dracumoths?
« on: June 04, 2007, 04:27:07 PM »
Seeing as the buggers seem to be moving westwards I was tempted to add this in to the I dont want to worry Nick thread but it seemed odd enough to have its own.

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global warming is bringing more warmer-climate creatures to Finland, including moths that feast on human blood, according to nature researchers.

Insect-watchers are spotting more and more calpe moths in the Nordic country, which used to be considered too cold for the insects from southeast Asia, Finnish nature magazine "Suomen Luonto" reported in its June edition.

The journal published what it said were the first pictures showing the moths -- calyptra thalictri -- sucking human blood.

The species was first sighted in Finland in 2000, but more than 100 of them have been counted since then, the journal said.

Of course I'm now half expecting to read in the not to dims and distant future that Nick has accidentally torched his wardrobe after finding a moth in there and panicking  point:
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Re: Dracumoths?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2007, 06:32:06 AM »
Too late...
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Re: Dracumoths?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2007, 07:51:45 AM »
Too late...

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