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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 17 February 2013

6th Specie of the year

With a few mild days recently, the trap was uncovered and set-up for 4 hours yesterday evening, the temperature dropped rapidly and by the morning it was frosty.
Just the 3 moths in that time but a new record of March Moth for the garden.

Catch Report - 29-01-13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x March Moth [NFG]
2x Pale Brindled Beauty

 
Micro Moths  
None recorded


March Moth
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 17:55

2 comments:

  1. Unknown18 February 2013 at 15:00

    Nice one Ben.

    Sadly, it looks like a return to much colder temperatures by mid-week so another hiatus in trapping looms.

    Dave

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  2. Unknown18 February 2013 at 15:51

    *** Pedantry alert ***

    Sorry Ben, the scientist in me would not let me pass without pointing out that the word "species" is both singular and plural. The word "specie" is a completely separate word, something to do with coins..

    Pedantry over.

    Happy trapping

    Dave

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