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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

Saturday, 3 May 2025

A couple of year-listers despite the cold night

Nights were still fairly nippy here in my garden at the end of April, despite a warm day of 24 degrees on Wednesday, the temperature fell away to 7 degrees come dawn.

An absolutely mint Sitochroa verticalis, was my earliest ever by two weeks, Buttoned Snout are doing well here, with 3 in the last week, a lover of Hop.

And an Eyed Hawk-moth spied on the fence at bedtime was a bonus, a quick phone picture sufficed.

The night that followed would still be 20 degrees at midnight, yep it went a bit mad!

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 141 species

30/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 

Macro Moths 

Buttoned Snout 2 [NFY]
Eyed Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Brimstone Moth 2
Brindled Pug 1
Chinese Character 1
Double-striped Pug 2
Lime Hawk-moth 1
Muslin Moth 2
Nut-tree Tussock 1
Pale Tussock 1
Pebble Prominent 1
Ruby Tiger 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Spectacle 1
Turnip Moth 1
Waved Umber 1
White Ermine 1

Micro Moths

Dichrorampha acuminatana 1 [NFY]
Sitochroa verticalis 1 [NFY]
Bryotropha basaltinella 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Evergestis forficalis 1 

Sitochroa verticalis

Bryotropha basaltinella

Buttoned Snout

Dichrorampha acuminatana

Eyed Hawk-moth

Pale Tussock


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:12

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