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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

Thursday 16 February 2012

Catch Report - 15/02/12 - Farmland/Back Garden - Hertfordshire

A great night last night, with 14 moths found this morning, including 1x Small Brindled Beauty, 1x Pale Brindled Beauty and 12x Chestnuts.
Pics to follow and the trap will be out overlooking the woodland once again.

Interestingly the second trap near the house scored zero!

Pale Brindled Beauty











Small Brindled Beauty



Posted by Bennyboymothman at 08:21

2 comments:

  1. Unknown16 February 2012 at 09:12

    Nice to see things getting going again Ben.

    Things ticking over here again too with the first moths for Feb over the last two days.

    Have started a couple of blogs here too, spurred on by the hiatus over on BGM, be great if you'd check them out..

    http://eastkentgardenmoths.blogspot.com/

    http://kentmicromoths.blogspot.com/

    Cheers

    Dave

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  2. Bennyboymothman16 February 2012 at 23:34

    Thanks for the links Dave, I will add them. Yes what on earth is going on with BGM hmmm.

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