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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

Saturday 22 October 2022

Another migrant and an early December Moth

2022, the Autumn that keeps on giving for migrants. A second tatty 'runt' Scarce Bordered Straw for the garden this week, last night. Other potential migrants included 2 Plutella xylostella which I haven't seen for 3 weeks.
Also, December Moth was my second earliest record ever (Unbelievably I had one even earlier on the 14th of October in 2017).
 
Another good variety of moths with 15 species in total.
 
With so many migrant moths turning up on the coast, and further inland, it's worth keeping the moth trap on.
The last good migrant year for me was 2010, and 2006 respectively.  

Fordham, East Cambs

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 657 species
 
December Moth

Scarce Bordered Straw

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:50

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