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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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NEW! = New Species For My Records

Any Species highlighted in RED signifies a totally new species for my records.

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My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday 10 October 2010

Field Trip - Grays Chalk Quarry - Saturday night

Had a trip out to Grays Chalk Quarry in South-west Essex last night, perfect conditions, a little breezy but nice and overcast.

The amount of moths was slightly disappointing between 4 traps initially (they should have been piling in given the conditions!), but on inspection of the last trap (mine) we were rewarded with Dotted Chestnut, L-album Wainscot and 4 Autumnal Rustic's, the two latter species being a first for me.

Other species of note were Rusty Dot Pearl, Agonopterix ocellana, Pink-barred Sallow and countless Acleris emargana.

I think we ended up with 20 species of Macro and about 10 species of Micro.

Full list will be added in due course....here are some pictures.



L-album Wainscot











Dotted Chestnut












Rusty Dot Pearl











Autumnal Rustic












Pink-barred Sallow












Agonopterix ocellana










Argyresthia goedartella









Gracillariidae id - Not sure on this one
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 12:08

3 comments:

  1. Skev10 October 2010 at 14:35

    Superb Dotted Chestnut there Ben - I could do with seeing one of those.
    I'm pretty sure that your Caloptilia is semifascia.

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  2. Stewart11 October 2010 at 20:53

    Hi Ben, would you be able to link to my new moth blog please?

    Cheers Stewart

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  3. Bennyboymothman12 October 2010 at 07:44

    Thanks Mark, you could be right! Yes sure Stewart i'd be happy to.

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