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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!

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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

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

The Rosy Marbled

A local species, occurring only in certain localities in the south-east of England, frequenting dry, open woodland.

It flies at the end of May and in June, from dusk into the night, when it comes to light.

The larval foodplant is not fully known in this country, but is suspected to be tormentil (Potentilla erecta).

Tormentil grows readily in-between the large clumps of bracken found at Thorndon Park, on numerous occasions we have trapped this dear little Moth, but only in the vicinity of Tormentil, which suggests that this is what it feeds on.


Rosy Marbled adult









Tormentil
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 23:56