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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

Sunday, 22 June 2025

A few more new moths including a rarity (possibly)

Still running a week behind here with reports, it's been that good here that I haven't been able to keep up and also count all of the moths of every species. 
Hats off to people who do, but from the end of May until around September (when numbers are generally lower ) I mostly just list the new ones.
The heat last week continued to build, and every day was above 26 degrees peaking on Saturday at aroiund 33.
Warm nights but not always calm nights were the order of the day, with next to no rain at all.
 
Best of the larger moths from Monday night included some real star quality in the shape of Barred Red, White Satin, Toadflax Pug & Silky Wainscot of the form bipunctata, sadly a little damaged.
 
Best smaller moths included a well-marked and vivid Rhodophaea formosa and an almost certain Haplotinea insectella (although can't rule out ditella until dissection). 
There are just 3 records for Cambs, with a gap of 120 years between the 2nd and my 3rd one trapped last year at nearby Chippenham Fen. Moth has been retained.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 395 species

16/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths 

Barred Red 1 [NFY]
Toadflax Pug 1 [NFY]
White Satin 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths 

Haplotinea insectella ditella TBC 1 [NFG]
Rhodophaea formosa 1 [NFY]
 
White Satin

Barred Red

Haplotinea insectella ditella

Rhodophaea formosa

Silky Wainscot

Toadflax Pug

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:18

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