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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.
Moth records are vital for building a picture of our ecosystem around us, as they really are the bottom of the food chain. They are an excellent early indicator of how healthy a habitat is. I openly encourage people to share their findings via social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.
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.
On this Blog you will find up-to-date records and pictures.
I run a trap regularly in my garden and also enjoy doing field trips to various localities over several different counties.
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Thanks for looking and happy Mothing!

KEY

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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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday 16 August 2009

Catch Report - Saturday 15th August 2009

Warm and mild last night, this morning abit cooler and a heavy dew, not as many Moths about now, but what made up for it was the quality of the species.
The catch included my second ever Knot Grass & Tawny Speckled Pug a new for year Dark Sword-grass and another first for the Garden a Scarce Bordered Straw which certainly according to my references is a scarce migrant to Essex, especially this far North West!

Catch Report - Hatfield Broad Oak - 160w MBT Robinson Trap


Scarce Bordered Straw








Dark Sword-grass








Tawny Speckled Pug










Macro Moths

1x Scarce Bordered Straw [NFG]
1x Dark Sword-grass [NFY]
1x Tawny Speckled Pug [NFY]
1x Svensson's Copper Underwing [NFY]
5x Riband Wave
1x Garden Carpet
5x Brimstone Moth
1x Early Thorn
9x Willow Beauty
1x Pale Prominent
2x Shuttle-shaped Dart
8x Flame Shoulder
5x Large Yellow Underwing
12x Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
4x Small Square-spot
1x Square-spot Rustic
1x Knot Grass
7x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1x Six-striped Rustic
2x Marbled Beauty
1x Copper Underwing
2x Mouse Moth
5x Straw Underwing
1x Dun-bar
1x Marbled Minor
1x Cloaked Minor
1x Common Rustic
2x Uncertain
2x Vine's Rustic
1x Common Wainscot
1x Silver Y
1x Straw Dot



Micro Moths

2x Agriphila tristella
3x Agriphila geniculea
2x Catoptria falsella
3x Mother of Pearl Pleuroptya ruralis
1x Trachycera advenella
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:40

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 August 2009 at 10:53

    A couple of nice migrants there, Ben.
    I had 2 Svenssons last night.

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  2. Bennyboymothman17 August 2009 at 18:39

    Cheers Dean, had a few Copper's but no Svenssons yet, how do you distinguish between the two, do you do the palps and underwing?

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  3. Anonymous18 August 2009 at 12:15

    The palps, Ben. Copper Underwing is a scarce species up here, with just a few records.

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  4. Tony Morris24 August 2009 at 10:45

    I'm nut sure that the palps is 100% realaible.

    I've not had a Scarce Bordered Straw this year, after 163 in 2006, only one in 2007 and none in 2008, glad to know they still exist.
    I've started a new daily list, and identification blog here:

    http://tonysmothstoidentiy.blogspot.com/

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  5. Bennyboymothman9 September 2009 at 00:42

    163! blimey thats some migration!

    will check out your Blog.

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