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Marnie Ogg

Marnie Ogg

Oct 16, 2026

8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do, continue that migration south down to the alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do- continue that migration south down to the Alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do- continue that migration south down to the Alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they disappeared, they'd reduced so much.
8:23
But literally that old fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moss.
8:32
And what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to continue that migration south down to the alpine and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a light stock take, as it were, or your neighbours, I guess, depending on where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on your light pollution?
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do, continue that migration south down to the Alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do- continue that migration south down to the alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they disappeared, they'd reduced so much.
8:23
But literally that old fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moss.
8:32
And what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to continue that migration south down to the alpine and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a light stock take, as it were, or your neighbours, I guess, depending on where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on your light pollution?
8:37
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:44
Yeah, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:49
You know, we thought that they disappeared, they'd reduced so much.
8:53
But literally that old fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:59
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moss.
9:02
And what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or around the streetlights.
9:07
What we actually want them to do is to continue that migration south down to the alpine and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
10:58
And so if this has got people wanting to do a light stock take, as it were, or your neighbours, I guess, depending on where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on your light pollution?
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do- continue that migration south down to the Alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much.
8:23
But literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do- continue that migration south down to the alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where, [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they disappeared, they'd reduced so much.
8:23
But literally that old fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moss.
8:32
And what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to continue that migration south down to the alpine and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a light stock take, as it were, or your neighbours, I guess, depending on where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on your light pollution?
9:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
9:14
Yeah, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
9:19
You know, we thought that they disappeared, they'd reduced so much.
9:23
But literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame, is true.
9:30
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths.
9:32
And what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or around the streetlights.
9:37
What we actually want them to do is to continue that migration south down to the alpine.
11:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a light stock take, as it were, or your neighbours, I guess, depending on where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on your light pollution?
8:07
Marnie, firstly, if there are a lot of bogong moths outside your house, might it be time to rethink how much light you're putting out?
8:14
Yeah, that, that's a fabulous question, particularly as we see all these wonderful bogong moths that have come back.
8:19
You know, we thought that they, they disappeared, they'd reduced so, uh, much, but literally that old-fashioned expression, you know, like a moth to a flame is true.
8:29
And what we're seeing now is all these beautiful moths, and what we want them to do is not stay around your porch or your backyard or, or around the streetlights.
8:37
What we actually want them to do is to do- continue that migration south down to the Alpine, uh, and be that beautiful source of food for our pygmy possums and their babies.
8:47
So yeah, e- every little bit of light that we have in our environment is not just harming bogong moths, but a lot of our native wildlife and our birds as well.
10:28
And so if this has got people wanting to do a, a, a light stocktake, as it were, or your neighbors, I guess, depending on where [laughs] where the light's pointing, what are the tips for cutting down on, on your light pollution?
10:38
Yeah, great question, Josh.
2:15
It's just sort of more light than we would have typically had at night.
2:19
Yeah, look, I think that's the thing.
2:21
We as a diurnal or a daytime species love light.
2:25
We thrive on light.
2:26
We, you know, we function with, you know, with the best, you know, middle of the day, we're full of life.
2:33
We use light at night to be able to extend our days and all those sorts of things.
2:37
But if you think about it 200 years ago, before we had artificial light, we basically had a regular day night cycle and that night was dark and Now, what we've done in basically 170 years is introduce artificial light.

13 MINS LATER

15:39
If someone wants to take part, how do they actually get involved?
23:12
It's just sort of more light than we would have typically had at night.
23:16
Yeah, look, I think that's the thing.
23:18
We as a diurnal or a daytime species love light.
23:21
We thrive on light.
23:22
We, you know, we function with, you know, with the best, you know, middle of the day, we're full of life.
23:29
We use light at night to be able to extend our days and all those sorts of things.
23:34
But if you think about it 200 years ago, before we had artificial light, we basically had a regular day night cycle and that night was dark and Now, what we've done in basically 170 years is introduce artificial light.

13 MINS LATER

36:36
If someone wants to take part, how do they actually get involved?

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