Although often unseen, moths are everywhere, and their capacity to delight astounds. Inspired by a revelatory encounter with a Poplar Hawk-moth, James Lowen embarks on a year-long quest to celebrate the joy of Britain's rarest and most remarkable moths. Hiking up mountains, wading through marshes and roaming by night through ancient woodlands, James follows the trails of both Victorian collectors and present-day conservationists. From Cornwall to the Cairngorms, James explores British landscapes to coax these much-maligned creatures out from the cover of darkness and into the light. As a counterweight to his travels, James and his young daughter track the seasons through a kaleidoscope of accessible moth species living innocently yet covertly in their suburban garden. Moths are revealed to be attractive, astonishing and approachable, capable of migratory feats and camouflage mastery, they have much to tell us on the state of the nation's wild and not-so-wild habitats. Quite unexpectedly, no animals may be better placed to inspire the environmentalists of the future.