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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.
Please also check out the links in the sidebar to the right for other people's Blogs and informative Websites.
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.

If you have any questions or enquiries then please feel free to email me
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Tuesday 6 October 2009

Catch Report - Friday 02nd October 2009

Another good catch but slightly mauled by a few Hornets turning up! several new species were added to the site list which was a bonus.

Catch Report - Parndon Wood (SSSI) - 160w MBT Robinson Trap


Sallow









Macro Moths

1x Vapourer Moth
2x Barred Sallow
12x Brick
1x Brindled Green
1x Chestnut
2x Common Marbled Carpet
2x Red-green Carpet
6x Red-line Quaker
4x Yellow-line Quaker
1x Sallow
4x Large Yellow Underwing
1x Lesser Yellow Underwing
1x Silver-Y



Orthopygia glaucinalis









Micro Moths

1x Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
1x Blastobasis adustella
1x Orthopygia glaucinalis
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