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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

Monday 6 April 2020

A record April catch for my garden

A super catch for my garden last night here in Stevenage, a record 37 moths of 15 species since beginning my garden list in 2012.
Most expected species turned up all on one calm and warm night, the wind during the day had dropped and it had been warm and with highs of 21 degrees. 
The minimum this morning read 11c... that doesn't happen very often in April!

 I chose to set-up the big 250w clear, and i'm glad I did. Was it the perfect conditions that spurred the moths on, or was it the 'god of all bulbs'? I will never know.

 This whole week looks pretty favourable, but a little cooler until we get to Thursday.

Pine Beauty and Engrailed were added to the garden year list

 Garden species count for 2020 now upto 36.

Catch Report - 05/04/20 - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts

250w MV Clear Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

 Engrailed 1 [NFY]
Pine Beauty 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 2 
Brindled Pug 2 
Common Quaker 10 
Clouded Drab 2 
Double-striped Pug 5 
Early Grey 1 
Early Thorn 2 
Hebrew Character 3 
Small Quaker 2 

 Micro Moths

 Agonopterix heracliana 1 
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla 2 
Diurnea fagella 1 
Emmelina monodactlya 2

Engrailed

Pine Beauty
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:59

3 comments:

  1. Edward Evans6 April 2020 at 21:55

    58 moths last night, really good. With two Water Carpet which are scarce in our borough.

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  2. Bennyboymothman8 April 2020 at 11:19

    Well done Edward. Water Carpet isn't on my garden list here.

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  3. Edward Evans8 April 2020 at 11:40

    They are resident though here.

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