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

Sunday, 30 June 2019

Two uncommon moths

Both Green Arches and Bordered Pug were great additions to the garden year list.
Neither are very common, and the Green Arches is only the 2nd record for here.

 A fairly modest sized catch on Wednesday under clear skies and minimums of 14 degrees.

 Garden species count for 2019 now upto 235.






















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

26/06/19

Macro Moths

Bordered Pug 1 [NFY]
Dun-bar 1 [NFY]
Green Arches 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Crambus pascuella 1 [NFY]
Yponomeuta evonymella 1 [NFY]

Crambus pascuella

Bridlepath

Back of our garden

Bordered Pug

Green Arches

Yponomeuta evonymella

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:09