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Hello and welcome to my moth Blog. I now reside in a small village in East Cambridgeshire called Fordham. My Blog's aim is to promote and encourage others to participate in the wonderful hobby that is Moth-trapping.
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So why do we do it? well for some people it is to get an insight into the world of Moths, for others it is to build a list of species much like 'Twitching' in the Bird world. The reason I do it....you just never know what you might find when you open up that trap! I hope to show what different species inhabit Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties.
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NFY = New Species For The Year
NFG = New Species For The Garden
NEW! = New Species For My Records

Any Species highlighted in RED signifies a totally new species for my records.

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Sunday 5 July 2009

Trapping in adjacent Hertfordshire

Shaded Broad-bar








Large Twin-spot Carpet









Went for a trapping session in Hertfordshire, lots of Moths about under clear skies, Snout and Small Fan-footed Wave being the most common species and some of the best species included Large Twin-spot Carpet and Shaded Broad-bar.


Catch Report - Braughing - 160w MBT Robinson Trap

Yellow Shell
Flame Shoulder
Common Marbled Carpet
Dwarf Cream Wave
Small fan-footed Wave
Snout
Beautiful Hook-tip
Treble Brown-spot
Single Dotted Wave
Least Carpet
Uncertain
Mottled Beauty
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Swallow-tailed Moth
Double Square-spot
V-Pug
Scorched Carpet
Brimstone Moth
Riband Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Fan-foot
Common Carpet
Currant Pug
Green Pug
Buff Arches
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
Common Pug
Flame
Large Yellow Underwing
Willow Beauty
Large Twin-spot Carpet
Dun-bar
Clay
Heart & Club
Common Wainscot
Shaded Broad-bar
Short-cloaked Moth
Small Yellow Wave
Rivulet
Marbled Minor
Oak Nycteoline
Straw Dot
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 10:25

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 July 2009 at 18:50

    Glad that you caught up with Shaded Broad-bar at last, Ben.

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  2. Bennyboymothman5 July 2009 at 22:31

    Yeah thankyou, It really confused me as it just kept its wings shut like a Butterfly but on inspection the underside was completely plain compared to other similiar sized Carpet's which are usually patterned!

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