Welcome

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, I have now removed commenting as the bots were starting to appear
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Garden Trap - 18-09-12 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire


Decided that I will now run my 26w Blacklight n colder nights, as the nights get longer I don't see how it is worthwhile running a 125w and burning more electricity!

Luckily it paid off, with a much reduced catch but a garden first Grey Shoulder-knot and a Garden Carpet aberration which got me excited, it is of the aberrant form combustata.

 

Catch Report -18-09-12 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 26w Blacklight Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Grey Shoulder-knot [NFG]
1x Sallow
12x Large Yellow Underwing
4x Garden Carpet
2x Vine's Rustic
6x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1x Silver-Y
 
Micro Moths

None recorded!


Garden Carpet f.combustata










Garden Carpet Aberration and typical form








Grey Shoulder-knot and Sallow
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 07:52