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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.
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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.

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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Wednesday 26 October 2022

Two new for the year

Last night was a bit quieter than of late with 16 moths of 12 species, with 2 probable migrants, one each of Nomophila noctuella and Udea ferrugalis.
The best moths were a year first Sprawler, and the 4th? County record of Musotima nitidalis. 

Musotima nitidalis is a scarce moth in Cambridgeshire, probably due to the lack of bracken in the county, although I know of at least one wood that may hold a population of them with a good stand of bracken (Unsuccessful as of yet, but i've only made one trip so far in August).

The 4 records (Including last nights one) are all from Fordham, which would suggest that the moth is coming from one of the garden centres, with the nearest on less than a 1/4 a mile away from my garden.

Obviously there may be other records from this year that I am unaware of.

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 659 species

25/10/22 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap 
 
Macro Moths

Sprawler 1 [NFY]
Black Rustic 1
Large Wainscot 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Merveille du Jour 1
November Moth sp 2
Red-green Carpet 2
Turnip Moth 1
Vine's Rustic 2
White-point 1
 
Micro Moths
 
Musotima nitidalis 1 [NFY]
Epiphyas postvittana 2
 
Musotima nitidalis

Sprawler

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 14:22

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