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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

Thursday, 8 May 2025

Mediocre May

It certainly has been mediocre May so far for me in my garden, with cooler days of late and cool breezy nights, but last night, with less breeze, cloud and a decent chance of some emergence, I felt like it might be worth it.
And indeed it was with 22 moths of 16 species and 4 new ones.
The current airflow is still from the North-North/East, so not good at all. 
 
Some good species were observed and the first, 2nd and 3rd of many Setaceous Hebrew Character's arrived. Dark Spectacle was my favourite, the less common of the pair.

With warmer temperatures incoming and a swing in the wind, it can only get better. The two downsides will be clear skies and the enemy in the sky (A big bright full moon).

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 172 species

07/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dark Spectacle 1 [NFY]
Setaceous Hebrew Character 3 [NFY]
Toadflax Brocade 1 [NFY]
Treble Lines 2 [NFY]
Buff-tip 1
Chinese Character 1
Coronet 1
Double-striped Pug 1
Garden Carpet 1
Lime Hawk-moth 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
Turnip Moth 1

Micro Moths

Cochylis atricapitana 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Evergestis forficalis 1

Turnip Moth

Dark Spectacle

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Toadflax Brocade

Treble Lines

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:58

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