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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

Monday 7 June 2010

The Garden Moth Trap - Friday night

Way behind on catch reports so here goes!
Another cracking night with a new for garden species of micro a Homoeosoma sinuella, which was a good size and quite pretty in it's brown and tan ways!
It's always nice to see a Poplar Grey aswell, a Moth which is even prettier in caterpillar form.

Pictures


Homoeosoma sinuella









Poplar Grey












Treble Lines









Scorched Wing









Crambus lathoniellus









Catch Report - Hatfield Broad Oak - 04/06/10 - 125w MV Robinson Trap


Macro Moths

1x Poplar Grey [NFY]
1x Turnip Moth [NFY]
1x Treble Lines [NFY]
1x Scorched Wing [NFY]
1x Brown Rustic
2x Privet Hawk-moth
4x Brimstone Moth
1x Cinnabar
3x Pale Tussock
3x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2x Buff-tip
1x Garden Carpet
6x Common Pug
2x Small Waved Umber
5x Mottled Pug
3x White Ermine
1x Bright-line Brown-eye
4x Buff Ermine
13x Common Swift
4x Large Nutmeg
1x Rustic Shoulder-knot
18x Heart & Dart
1x Marbled Minor
4x Scalloped Hazel

Micro Moths

1x Homoeosoma sinuella [NFG]
2x Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana [NFY]
1x Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata [NFY]
5x Crambus lathoniellus
8x Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana
2x Epiblema cynosbatella
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:31

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