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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!

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
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Wednesday 29 December 2021

A new for garden Satellite

I keep saying that a certain species will be my last, but this surely has to be now? As we now have 3 nights left of 2021.
Satellite was added to my garden list on Monday night during a warm but calm night.
 
Three Black-spotted Chestnut now makes it five for the garden so far.

Trap is on again tonight and for the last few nights of the year as we draw to a close, and experience extremely mild conditions for the time of year.

12 of 6 was very good for the time of year.
 
Fordham, East Cambridgeshire to Actinic light.
 
Moth garden list stands at 221 species 

27th December 2021
 
Satellite 1 [NFG]
Black-spotted Chestnut 3
Double-striped Pug 1
Winter Moth 4
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
Epiphyas postvittana 2
 
Satellite

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 17:53

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