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

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Garden Catch 07/07/18 - Just a few more...

..moths, a slight under-estimate to say the least.
Another really good catch for my garden again on the 7th of July with two new moths for my garden and two very interesting species as well.
Batrachedra praeangusta I have recorded at other sites before, but Pseudopostega crepusculella was completely new for me. It's a tiny white moth that is believed to favour mint as it's foodplant, some of which is grown in our garden.
The moth was dissected just to be certain.

 Garden species count for 2018 now upto 340.

Here are the new for year species.

Catch Report - 07/07/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Nutmeg

Micro Moths

Batrachedra praeangusta [NFG]
Pseudopostega crepusculella [NFG]
Argyresthia goedartella
Epiblema costipunctana

Argyresthia goedartella

Batrachedra praeangusta

Epiblema costipunctana

Nutmeg

Pebble Hook-tip

Pseudopostega crepusculella


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:54