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

Wednesday, 14 May 2025

A good night for moths, bad days for me

Terrible time lately with sciatica to a point where I now can barely put my socks on! So a few nights off for the moths in my garden as I just don't have the energy.
This was a catch from Monday night where I could feel my back twinging before bed.
 
Some really good moths were found come the morning, an absolutely stunning Cream-spot Tiger the pick of the bunch.
Followed closely by a shiney Burnished Brass and a super coloured Green Carpet.
 
Nephopterix angustella, the Spindle loving species was only my 4th for the garden.
 
A Marbled Minor species was checked and identified as a year first Tawny Marbled.
 
During the day, the first Clearwing moths arrived, with two Red-belted Clearwings to the VES lure.
 
Just 4 species off of 200 for the year, levelling out now and just 12 ahead of last year currently.
 
That was to be it until I feel better.
 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 196 species

12/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Burnished Brass 1 [NFY]
Cream-spot Tiger 1 [NFY]
Green Pug 1 [NFY]
Peppered Moth 1 [NFY]
Purple Bar 1 [NFY]
Red-belted Clearwing 2 [NFY] - (To VES lure)
Sycamore 1 [NFY]
Tawny Marbled Minor 1 [NFY] - Gen Det
Vine's Rustic 1 [NFY]
White-spotted Pug 2 [NFY]
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Buttoned Snout 1
Cinnabar 3
Common Pug 2
Coronet 6
Garden Carpet 4
Green Carpet 1
Latticed Heath 2
Oak-tree Pug 1
Pale Tussock 1
Pebble Hook-tip 1
Puss Moth 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Treble Lines 1
Turnip Moth 2
Waved Umber 1
White Ermine 2
Yellow-barred Brindle 1

Micro Moths

Celypha lacunana 1 [NFY]
Dichrorampha plumbagana 1 [NFY]
Nephopterix angustella 1 [NFY]
Dichrorampha acuminatana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Parornix sp 1
Phyllonorycter sp 1 (tbc)
Plutella xylostella 1

White-spotted Pug

Burnished Brass

Cream-spot Tiger

Green Carpet

Nephopterix angustella

Purple Bar

Red-belted Clearwing

Sycamore

Vine's Rustic

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:51