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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.

If you have any questions or enquiries then please feel free to email me
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Monday 23 May 2022

A new moth for me!

It's amazing, that even after 17 years i'm still adding species to my 'all-time moth list'.

I had never seen either of the Psychoides species of moth (poor effort I know), until today
 
Whilst weeding the Garden of Rest next to the Thirst Youth Bar in Bishop's Stortford today, I was bending down turning over the soil and noticed a tiny black moth sitting on a leaf of Green Alkanet (Not it's foodplant, I did not notice any Hart's-Tongue Fern in the garden.).
 
Quickly potted it was a new one for me, Psychoides verhuella (seperated from filicivora by the lack of dorsal white spot, and spotting on the apex). 
I never can stress enough how important it is to have a pot on you at all times!
 
23/05/22 - Newtown Road - Bishop's Stortford 

Psychoides verhuella


 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:43

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