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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

Sunday 20 November 2022

All quiet on the Eastern.. side of Cambs

Not much happening here, I haven't run my trap for the last 4 or 5 nights now (losing track) on the 15th I did manage a few Epiphyas postvittana's and a rather nice Dark Chestnut.
Two Mottled Umber's were also pleasing to see.
I did think I had perhaps one more species to add to the garden list this year, Winter Moth.
But then I checked my records and saw that I recorded it in January already!
 
Towards the end of next week, the temperature early evening may tempt me to try again.

Moth garden list for 2022 stands at 664 species

Dark Chestnut

Mottled Umber

Mottled Umber


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 13:43

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