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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!

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.

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

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Wednesday 29 March 2023

Still windy and changeable

But, last night was the only night that it's been relatively calm for a while, and with minimums of between 6 and 8 degrees I was hopeful of a good catch.
Well it wasn't ground-breaking to say the least, but it did include a year first Red Chestnut.

Monday saw two further Pammene giganteana to the FUN lure, and also one turned up today.

I'm hoping it might be worth trying again tonight, we'll see by the morning.

Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 36 species
 
28/03/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Red Chestnut 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 7
Grey Shoulder-knot 1
Hebrew Character 4
 
Micro Moths

Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
 
Pammene giganteana

Red Chestnut

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:43

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