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the moths and life in the ponds, streams ditches and 
rivers. 
Acknowledgements 
I am very grateful to David Turner, Head of 
Reserves Management at the Wiltshire Wildlife 
Trust, for permission to use papers and records held 
by the Trust, and to Humphrey Kay, Piers Mobsby, 
Audrey and Leslie Summers and Janet Tanner who 
read this paper in draft and made very helpful 
comments and suggestions. 
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