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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!

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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 4 May 2014

Another mooch around the garden

...Yielded a freshly hatched Green-veined White, almost above where the Field Mustard plant was last year. I can only assume that it used this as it's food plant last year.

 Also a single Anthophila fabriciana (which seems to be an annual occurrence of one individual) observed on the Nettles that I left to grow at the end of the garden.

 Another micro, a very pretty Argyresthia spinosella was potted up as it tried to escape over to next door's garden (moths seem to have a preference for the other side!) The best shot I could get was a lid shot.

 3 Adela reamurella were also enjoying themselves and basking in the warm sunshine on one of our shrubs.

Argyresthia spinosella










Anthophila fabriciana










Green-veined White

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:31

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