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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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Sunday 31 October 2010

Field Trip - Parndon Wood - Saturday night

Made a spooky trip last night, there was a halloween themed night on at Parndon, so I decided to take a trap and vertical white sheet and see if there was any moths around!

The conditions were quite frankly awful, a cool breeze and a completely clear sky hampered the catch, and after 2 hours I packed up.

I did manage a new species though! 8 of them to be precise the micro Diurnea lipsiella the Autumn equivalent of Diurnea fagella and pretty uncommon going on my Essex moth book.

Catch Report - Parndon Wood- 30/10/10 - 1x 160w Homemade MBT with vertical hanging sheet.


Silver-Y








November Moth












Macro Moths


1x November Moth [NFY]
1x Silver-Y
7x Chestnut
1x Red-green Carpet
1x Brick
2x Mottled Umber


Diurnea lipsiella










Micro Moths

8x Diurnea lipsiella [NFS]
1x Emmelina monodactyla
1x Acleris hastiana

2 comments:

  1. Must be about time to get out searching trunks and twigs for apterous females then - I'd really like to see a female Mottled Umber. D. lipsiella is also one I've not seen.

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  2. Yep, it is indeed, although the weather is a bit rough at the moment. Good luck on your hunt!

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