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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.
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!

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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 26 July 2021

Moths from work last week

I trapped twice last week at work using my Actinic homemade trap and was pleased with a nice variety of moths.
Sadly I don't have time to go through all of them in detail, so i've picked out some of the highlights from last week.

Pempelia genistella was undoubtedly the highlight of the week, a new moth for me and a 3rd record for Hertfordshire.
Other moths that were nice to observe were 6 Jersey Tiger's, White Satin, Plain Pug, Epinotia tedella, Vitula biviella, Nephopterix angustella and a really dark Blastodacna hellerella (which I thought might have been atra but dissection proved otherwise). 
 
 
Acleris forsskaleana
Acrobasis suavella
Agriphila straminella
Blastodacna hellerella
Buff Footman
Chinese Character
Coleophora albitarsella
Eana incanana
Epinotia nanana
Gelechia senticetella
Jersey Tiger 
Nephopterix angustella
Pempelia genistella
Plain Pug
Slender Pug
Vitula biviella
White Satin

Acleris forsskaleana

Blastodacna hellerella

Buff Footman

Chinese Character

Epinotia nanana

Gelechia senticetella

Jersey Tiger

Nephopterix angustella

Pempelia genistella

Plain Pug

Vitula biviella

White Satin


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:02

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