10,000th species at nature site is moth that pretends to be a wasp

WICKEN FEN ‘MOST BIODIVERSE RECORDED RESERVE IN THE UK’

- By SAM RUSSELL

A RARE species of moth that mimics the appearance of a wasp to avoid predators is the 10,000th species of wildlife to be recorded at the National Trust's Wicken Fen nature reserve.

The conservation charity believes the Cambridgeshire site is the first in the UK to record so many different species, making it the “most biodiverse recorded reserve in the UK”.

A rare type of moth, the six-belted clearwing, was recorded as the 10,000th species at the fenland reserve this year.