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, 7 July 2019

Dorset Moffs...no room for a trap

With our first holiday with our little boy, the car was rammed.
So no space for even the most slim-line of traps, i'm surprised I actually fit in the passenger seat!

 We were staying just down the road from Holt Heath Nature Reserve, a stunning Heather Moorland site and totally different to any habitat here in Hertfordshire.

 I did two hour walks around the east side of the reserve, tapping bushes and sweeping Heather.

 The results were great, with over 20 species noted.
Of those 20+ species 6 were completely new for my records.

 The highlight had to be several Purple-bordered Gold's netted at dusk.

 The six new species were as follows. 

03/04th July 2019

Batrachedra pinicolella
Bucculatrix frangutella
Marsh Oblique-barred
Plain Wave
Purple-bordered Gold
Silver Hook

Batrachedra pinicolella

Bucculatrix frangutella

Marsh Oblique-barred

Plain Wave

Purple-bordered Gold

Silver Hook

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:40