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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, 24 May 2025

Rain cometh

A healthy amount of much needed rain overnight here in the village, it's been desert like conditions here for about a month, so much so, that we've stopped cutting grass on some of our sites as it hasn't grown at all, this is most odd for May, and more akin to late August.
Both of our water butts were empty yesterday, this morning they were both full up, so that's encouraging for some new arrivals next week, as it stays mild but a bit wet into the bank holiday.
 
Amongst 47 species there were some new ones noted overnight, which included a stunning Cream-bordered Green Pea, my earliest record, a netted 'dark toned' Small Dusty Wave, and both forms of Common Marbled Carpet.
 
3 new species of micro moths were also recorded, Small Magpie, Bryotropha terrella & the common Homoeosoma sinuella. 

Wet and windy tonight, but the humidity is much higher which is good.
 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 226 species

23/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths


Clouded Silver 1 [NFY]
Common Marbled Carpet 2 [NFY]
Cream-bordered Green Pea 1 [NFY]
Cream Wave 1 [NFY]
Small Dusty Wave 1 [NFY]
Brimstone Moth 1
Buff-tip 1
Common Carpet 1
Common Pug 1
Common Swift 5
Common Wainscot 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Elephant Hawk-moth 1
Green Carpet 1
Grey Pine Carpet 1
Heart & Dart 1
Large Nutmeg 1
Light Brocade 1
Light Emerald 2
Mottled Pug 1
Pale Tussock 1
Poplar Hawk-moth 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Spectacle 1
Treble Lines 5
Vine's Rustic 3
White-point 3
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths

Anania hortulata 1 [NFY]
Bryotropha terrella 1 [NFY]
Homoeosoma sinuella 1 [NFY]
Anthophila fabriciana 5 (netted)
Aphomia sociella 1
Bryotropha basaltinella 1 (netted)
Crambus lathoniellus 3
Dichrorampha plumbagana 2 (netted)
Epiphyas postvittana 3
Hedya pruniana 1
Mompha epilobiella 1 (netted)
Mompha subbistrigella 1
Monopis crocicapitella 10 (netted)
Nemapogon granella 1 (netted)
Nematopogon swammerdamella 1
Phyllonorycter leucographella 1 (netted)
Platyedra subcinerea 1
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1

Small Dusty Wave

Anania hortulata

Bryotropha terrella

Clouded Silver

Common Marbled Carpet

Common Marbled Carpet

Cream Wave

Cream-bordered Green Pea

Homoeosoma sinuella

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:27

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