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

Saturday, 5 November 2016

Autumn Carpets

Still catching up.
This was a rather small catch from the 17th of September and featured not many moths at all (All a fair few more than I am getting now!)
Year firsts of Barred Sallow, Red-green Carpet and Orange Sallow and a seasonal first Grey-pine Carpet were the best of a mediocre bunch as the temperature dropped under clear skies.

Catch Report - 17/09/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Barred Sallow 1 [NFY]
Orange Sallow 1 [NFY]
Red-green Carpet 1 [NFY]
Brimstone Moth 1
Common Wainscot 1
Copper Underwing 1
Grey-pine Carpet 2
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Snout 1
Square-spot Rustic 1
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths

Epiphyas postvittana 8
Plutella xylostella 1

Red-green Carpet












Orange Sallow













Grey-pine Carpet

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:19