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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!

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.

If you have any questions or enquiries then please feel free to email me
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday 2 October 2011

Catch Report - 28/09/11 - Farmland/Back Garden - Hertfordshire

Still lots of Moths about including lots of Sallows, I barely have time to write much so i'm afraid it's list's and photo's time!
Well over 200 moths again in just the 1 Robinson 125w MV trap.

Best moth was a Dusky-lemon Sallow of which I caught 3. Also new for year were 3 Red-line Quaker's and a Merveille du Jour, also a single micro I have yet to ID.

The micro turned out to be a Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana.


Catch Report - 28/09/11 - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap - Farmland/back garden

Macro Moths

3x Dusky-lemon Sallow [NFY]
3x Red-line Quaker [NFY]
1x Merveille du Jour [NFY]
2x Yellow-line Quaker
1x Dark Sword-grass
1x Red-green Carpet
1x Feathered Thorn
2x Mottled Umber
13x Angle Shades
3x Blair's Shoulder-knot
6x Pink-barred Sallow
 1x Brick
 3x Brindled Green
 34x Beaded Chestnut
2x Common Marbled Carpet
8x Black Rustic
31x Lunar Underwing
2x Latticed Heath
52x Large Yellow Underwing
6x Vine's Rustic
3x Common Wainscot
40x Brown-spot Pinion
16x Barred Sallow
2x Rosy Rustic
19x Setaceous Hebrew Character
6x Snout
2x Turnip Moth
1x Square-spot Rustic
6x Lesser Yellow Underwing
3x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2x Burnished Brass
2x Silver-Y
4x Willow Beauty
3x Brimstone Moth

Micro Moths

1x Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana [NFY]
2x Acleris sparsana
1x White-shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella
2x Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella
2x Acleris forsskaleana


Dusky-lemon Sallow




















Left: Red-line Quaker Right: Yellow-line Quaker









Nut Bud Moth Epinotia tenerana









Merveille du jour
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:39

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