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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 14 June 2010

The Garden Moth Trap - Sunday night

Cracking night again with 10 new for year's and a very unexpected new for garden Netted Pug! quite scarce here in Essex and particularly the 35 miles distance from the coast!
And 43 Heart & Dart is the most i've ever had (perhaps the 125w MV attracts more, as last year I used the 160w MBT bulb)

Pictures


Netted Pug








Fern









Grey Dagger's











Dusky Brocade












Dark Arches











Timothy Tortrix Aphelia paleana












Catch Report - Hatfield Broad Oak - 13/06/10 - 125w MV Robinson Trap


Macro Moths

1x Netted Pug [NFG]
1x Heart & Club [NFY]
2x Common Footman [NFY]
2x Grey Dagger [NFY]
1x Uncertain [NFY]
2x Dark Arches [NFY]
2x Dusky Brocade [NFY]
1x Elephant Hawk-moth
1x Green Silver-lines
1x Spectacle
2x Scorched Wing
3x Common Swift
7x Marbled Minor
2x Light Emerald
2x Nutmeg
4x Turnip Moth
2x Flame Shoulder
3x Brown Rustic
1x Pale Tussock
1x Brimstone Moth
2x Common Wainscot
2x Clouded Silver
3x Silver-Y
43x Heart & Dart
3x Mottled Rustic
2x Buff Ermine
2x Flame
2x Rustic Shoulder-knot
2x Straw Dot

Micro Moths

1x Timothy Tortrix Aphelia paleana [NFY]
1x Eudonia mercurella [NFY]
 1x Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata
1x Mompha subbistrigella
2x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella
2x Celypha lacunana
2x Epinotia nanana
1x White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella
3x Plum Tortrix Hedya pruniana
1x Cnephasia sp
4x Crambus lathoniellus
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:57

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 June 2010 at 11:23

    Netted Pug as to be one of the best looking moths i`ve seen, Ben. Only ever had one though.

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  2. Bennyboymothman14 June 2010 at 19:58

    They are superb! I feel very lucky indeed. Thanks.

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