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!

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

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Tuesday, 10 September 2024

And then September went rather slow!

For a couple of nights anyway, with species around the 25-30 mark a night it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't astounding either.
New for year species dropped a fair bit, and I only added 1 on the 2nd and 1 on the 3rd. 
 
Barred Hook-tip was nice to get, a species that I missed last year.

The night after yielded the other species of Ethmia that are usually regular here, Ethmia dodecea. Quite a late first for the year record as well.

Other than that it was fairly quiet after the first of the month excitement.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 582 species
 
02/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Barred Hook-tip 1 [NFY]

03/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Ethmia dodecea 1 [NFY]
Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella 1 [NFY] 

Barred Hook-tip


Ethmia dodecea

Galleria mellonella

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 14:24