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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

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Cold once more

After Thursday's bumper haul of 69 species, you would think that the night after would follow suit or be maybe a little bit less.

How wrong I was, with just 10 species, yes 10! A much cooler night though dropping to 6 degrees and with a cold northerly air mass sinking down upon us.

The only good thing was that there were 4 moths new in the pretty paultry haul for early May.

A stunning example of Red Twin-spot Carpet was the highlight, as was only my 3rd Powdered Quaker of the year. 
There were just two micros, a new for year Cochylimorpha straminea, a species I missed out on last year, the other one was the migrant/transient resident Plutella xylostella.

The nights since just haven't been worth writing about, as some nights it's been half of this catch, and i've either not bothered or only ran my trap up until bedtime. 

Moving forward, it warms up a bit at the weekend.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 168 species

02/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 

Macro Moths

Blood-vein 1 [NFY]
Marbled Minor 1 [NFY]
Pebble Hook-tip 1 [NFY]
Lime Hawk-moth 1
Poplar Grey 1
Powdered Quaker 1
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Streamer 1

Micro Moths

Cochylimorpha straminea 1 [NFY]
Plutella xylostella 1

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Blood-vein

Cochylimorpha straminea

Marbled Minor

Pebble Hook-tip

Powdered Quaker

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:27

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