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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.
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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.

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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Friday 2 June 2017

Trip to Bath and Bristol yields a new moth for me

Just got back from our holiday away and we had a lovely time in a beautiful part of the Country and we were blessed with lovely weather, especially yesterday whilst visiting Bristol Zoo.

As you do...I had my net in the car and a limited amount of 3 pots.

I had two brief sweeping sessions with net and torch on Wednesday and Thursday night and turned up plenty of species.

Highlight was a new species for me, the Gelechid Telechrysis tripuncta, and even better still it was only the second moth I netted!

I took photos of Wormwood Pug and Epinotia abbreviana, both species I hadn't seen yet this year.

Full list below

1x Bryotropha terrella
10x Epiphyas postvittana
1x Garden Carpet
1x Monopis obviella
20+ Argyresthia cuppresella
20+ Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
2x Endrosis sarcitella
10+ Niditinea fuscella
1x Telechrysis tripuncta [NEW!]
1x Nemapogon cloacella
20+ Anthophila fabriciana
1x Aphomia sociella
1x Pale Tussock
5x Celypha lacunana
5x Silver-Y
2x Common Marbled Carpet
1x Anania hortulata
2x Small Dusty Wave
1x Straw Dot
1x Wormwood Pug
1x Epinotia abbreviana

Telechrysis tripuncta













Wormwood Pug













Epinotia abbreviana
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:43

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