News UK News Zoos Butterfly farm hits back at woman, 19, who stole cocoon and hatched rare Atlas moth in her bedroom Paige Firkins has been branded 'irresponsible' by the Stratford-upon-Avon ...

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A TEEN has been branded a “criminal” for taking a rare moth cocoon from a sanctuary and hatching it in her home. Paige Firkins, 19, allegedly smuggled the cocoon out of a butterfly farm ...

The 19-year-old then boasted about how it had hatched into 'the biggest butterfly I've ever seen' and shared images of the creature trapped in what appears to be a decorative birdcage.

A TEEN has been branded a “criminal” for taking a rare moth cocoon from a sanctuary and hatching it in her home. Paige Firkins, 19, allegedly smuggled the cocoon out of a butterfly farm ...