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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.
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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.

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Saturday, 10 May 2025

Chippenham Fen - Field Trip - 30/04/25

I ran 4 traps at my local nature reserve right on the last of April.

The day after was supposed to be a much warmer night (and indeed it was) but I only had the night before free, so I had to go for it.

It did get a bit cool towards the end just after midnight, but it stayed relatively mild for the time of year. 

69 species were recorded over the 4 hours I ran the traps, with highlights such as a nicely marked Seraphim, an extremely dark Caloptilia semifascia, a smasher of a Small Phoenix, and a new moth for me confirmed as Coleophora otidipennella.

All in all, a very successful trip on not the most perfect night.


30/04/25 - Chippenham Fen - East Cambridgeshire - 1x 125w Trap, 1x 160w MBT Trap, 1x 250w Robinson Trap, 1x 40w/22w Bucket Trap

Macro Moths

Alder Moth
Barred Hook-tip
Brimstone Moth
Brindled Pug
Chinese Character
Clouded Border
Common Carpet
Common Pug
Common White Wave
Coronet
Coxcomb Prominent
Dark Spectacle
Double-striped Pug
Engrailed
Eyed Hawk-moth
Figure of Eighty
Flame Shoulder
Flame Wainscot
Green Carpet
Grey Birch
Grey Pine Carpet
Iron Prominent
Knot Grass
Latticed Heath
Least Black Arches
Lime Hawk-moth
May Highflyer 2
Nut-tree Tussock
Oak Hook-tip
Oak-tree Pug
Orange Footman
Pale Prominent
Pale Tussock
Pebble Hook-tip
Pebble Prominent
Pine Beauty
Pine Hawk-moth
Poplar Grey
Purple Thorn
Red Chestnut
Red Twin-spot Carpet
Red-green Carpet
Ruby Tiger
Rustic Shoulder-knot
Scalloped Hook-tip
Scorched Carpet
Seraphim
Small Phoenix
Swallow Prominent
V-pug
Water Carpet
Waved Umber

Micro Moths

Aphomia sociella
Caloptilia cuculipennella
Caloptilia semifascia
Coleophora otidipennella
Endrosis sarcitrella
Epinotia immundana
Glyphipterix simpliciella
Monopis weaverella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Parornix sp
Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Scrobipalpa ocellatella
Semioscopis steinkelleriana
Tinea trinotella

Seraphim

Small Phoenix

Yponomeuta evonymella Caterpillars on Bird Cherry

160w MBT Trap

Coleophora otidipennella

Common Wave

Grey Pine Carpet

Phyllonorycter salicicolella

Pine Hawk-moth

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:12

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