Welcome

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, I have now removed commenting as the bots were starting to appear
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Monday, 10 October 2022

Mr 'Pink-belly' Blair

Not much cooking here, 10 moths last night after a fairly cool and damp night.
The usual fare, Black Rustics, Mallow, Lunar Underwings an Angle Shades and Agonopterix alstromeriana.
One moth stood out though, a year first Blair's Shoulder-knot and moth no.651 for the year.
 
I never noticed before how pink their belly's are, kind of cute. My picture doesn't really show it very well.
 
Far too cold tonight with a possible ground frost in rural spots.
 
Fordhm, East Cambs 
 




 


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:38