Bhutan Is Home to Two Of The World’s 15 Most Gorgeous Moths

“ ……….. Got back from Sektena surveying tour. BPC officials will prepare a detailed report and present it to their authorities in the next couple of days ……….. “

“ ……….. so what does this mean they will realign or business as usual ……….. “

“The survey team does not have the power to decide. They will report the findings and it will be decided by authorities in Thimphu la ........ ”

“ .... and what the authorities in Thimphu decides will determine if there is any meaning at all ... in how desperately some of us care for our natural environment .... on the other hand, it will show to us if the powers that be give a damn what the citizens feel about what they do ... ”

Wed Apr 23 7:07AM

The above is a short chat that I sent out to a Chat Group early this morning …. in response to a report submitted by a Member of the Group …. expressing my sense of helplessness over an issue that we care deeply about but are powerless in determining the course it will eventually take.

It was then that the website AOL.com notified me, as if on cue, of the selection of the world’s 15 most beautiful moths. I went through the 15 images listed on the website … and was happy to see that Bhutan is home to two of them – it is possible that we may have all of the 15 moths – waiting to be discovered!!

Brahmin Moth photographed in 2024 at Dangrena, Dechenchholing, Thimphu, Bhutan

Luna or Moon Moth photographed in 2014 at Zomlingthang, Punakha, Bhutan

The world recognizes Bhutan as one of the ten most important global biodiversity hotspots. It is for this reason that some of us try so hard to help save our environment because we recognize that when the environment is gone, nothing else matters. No justification is justification enough!