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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

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Catch Report - 16-04-13

Amazingly it is still staying relatively mild at nights and last night was no different with a minimum of 9c it brought about a few more moths.

34 of 9 species this morning, including the first Mompha sp for the year and one I will need to have a closer look at.

Other worthy notes were a good emergence of Emmelina monodactyla, with 6 individuals last night, otherwise it was business as usual :)

 

Catch Report - 16-04-13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x125w MV Robinson Trap


Macro Moths

1x Satellite
3x Clouded Drab
4x Hebrew Character
8x Small Quaker
1x Oak Beauty
6x Common Quaker

Micro Moths
 

1x Mompha sp [NFG]
6x Emmelina monodactyla
4x Diurnea fagella


Mompha sp
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:57

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