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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

Wednesday, 4 June 2025

End of May

After the warm and humid night of Friday, Saturday was still warm, but we rapidly lost the humid conditions, and it was very breezy. On paper, it didn't look worth it.

How wrong I was, with 40 species recorded (albeit half of the previous nights numbers).

Despite the gusty conditions, there were still 9 new ones for the year list, and a couple of pending species that will need dissecting.

Some big girls turned up, both Goat Moth and Leopard Moth, I was very pleased to get the Goat after not getting one last year although this could be to do with their extraordinary lifestyle whereby they stay as a caterpillar for upto 4 years!

Other goodies included Acrolepiopsis assectella, Mompha ochraceella and the stunning Netted Pug.

Things have started to get a bit quieter, but as I found out.. even in non-favourable weather, new species are still showing up in small numbers.

Only new for year species listed, as I ran out of time as it was a busy weekend.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 287 species

31/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Goat Moth 1 [NFY]
Leopard Moth 1 [NFY]
Netted Pug 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Acrolepiopsis assectella 1 [NFY]
Clepsis consimilana 1 [NFY]
Eudonia pallida 1 [NFY]
Mompha ochraceella 1 [NFY]
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella 1 [NFY]
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana 1 [NFY]
Bryotropha sp 1 (TBC)
Phyllonorycter sp 1 (TBC)

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Acrolepiopsis assectella

Bryotropha sp

Clepsis consimilana

Eudonia pallida

Goat Moth & Leopard Moth

Leopard Moth

Mompha ochraceella

Netted Pug

Phyllonorycter sp

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:20

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