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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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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Thursday 18 August 2011

Some recent Moths

Here are some i've trapped recently, best one of all was Niditinea fuscella, a new species of clothes moth that I found in my bedroom! Arghhh! otherwise very quiet and the weather hasn't been very nice and not worth trapping in.



Cabbage Moth - not a common species for me, 1 or 2 per year.












Flounced Rustic - A common species this time of year.











Square-spotted Clay - The best marked example yet!












Magpie Moth - Second brood, just as stunning.









White-point - A regular migrant.












Agriphila straminella - Just emerging, very common.









Niditinea fuscella - The new species of the week.

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:29

2 comments:

  1. Stewart19 August 2011 at 20:17

    Hi Ben, our straminellas are about finished!

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  2. Bennyboymothman20 August 2011 at 11:23

    wow really! only just started here 2 weeks ago :o

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