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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!

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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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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Thursday 18 February 2010

Parndon Wood - Wednesday 17th February 2010

My third winter session at Parndon Wood tonight, it started off quite mild at 4c but later on arrival and on inspecting my car.....ice! it was a meagre -2c so I didn't expect anything...I nearly got that aswell with just 9 Moths gracing the sheet and surrounding trees.
No Moths were to be found in the trap.


Pictures ----------


March Moth












Dotted Border












Catch Report Wednesday 17th February 2010 Parndon Wood - 160w MBT Robinson + 40w Actinic w/Sheet ---------------------------------------


Macro Moths

1x Spring Usher
2x Pale Brindled Beauty
2x March Moth
3x Dotted Border


Micro Moths

1x Tortricodes alternella
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:27

2 comments:

  1. Skev19 February 2010 at 13:24

    I must get out soon - once this snow has cleared again .....

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  2. Bennyboymothman19 February 2010 at 15:57

    Yes you should! although it has seemed too cold for too long now, brrrrr!

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