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

Monday, 27 May 2019

Another load of year-listers!

Falling behind now, so already i'm resorting to just recording the new for year species... life just isn't about moths anymore!
Here is the latest list of new for year species for my garden, photographing species has been very challenging recently with tricky bright and warm conditions.
All expected species but great to see a pristine Green Silver-lines, one of my favs.
Garden species count for 2019 now upto 120.

Catch Report - Back Garden - Stevenage - 125w MV Robinson Trap

24/05/19

Macro Moths

Clouded Silver 1 [NFY]
Green Silver-lines 1 [NFY]
Light Emerald 1 [NFY]
Marbled Minor 1 [NFY]
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 [NFY]

 Micro Moths


 Argyresthia spinosella 1 [NFY]
Bucculatrix nigricomella 1 [NFY]
Eudonia angustea 1 [NFY]

Argyresthia spinosella

Clouded Silver

Bucculatrix nigricomella

Eudonia angustea.

Green Silver-lines

Light Emerald

Marbled Minor

Setaceous Hebrew Character
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:36