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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 13 June 2013

Incoming!

A few more for the garden list last night, including a first for the year Poplar Hawk-moth which was nice to see. Numbers are slowly creeping up, but this is nothing compared to what we caught yesterday night (more on that soon)
Large Nutmeg, Grey Pug and Buff-tip were new for the garden.
No micros!



Catch Report - 12/06/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap

Macro Moths

1x Buff-tip [NFG]
1x Large Nutmeg [NFG]
1x Grey Pug [NFG]
1x Poplar Hawk-moth [NFY]
1x Willow Beauty [NFY]
1x Common Marbled Carpet [NFY]
1x Common Pug
1x Peppered moth
3x Vine's Rustic
1x Brown Rustic
1x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2x Mottled Rustic
4x Heart & Dart
4x Common Swift
1x Bright-line Brown-eye



Micro moths

None recorded!


Buff-tip










Large Nutmeg











Poplar Hawk-moth

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 08:06

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