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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, 17 June 2025

Nights are getting busier!

A warm day on Thursday with highs of around 25 degrees led to a mild and a more humid night of late, and in-turn the moths were out in profusion.

A whopping 72 species were noted including 24 new species for the year. The busiest night of the year so far, numbers that would be eclipsed and knocked out of the park come Friday night. 

Best macro moths included Clay, V-Moth and an almost fluorescent Yellow Shell.

Pick of the micro moths were Celypha rosaceana, Dioryctria abietella, Homoeosoma nebulella & Tinea columbariella. 

Lots to catch up with now, as I had two large lists of field trip moths to write up!

The weather is hot by day and warm and muggy at night despite mostly clear nights. 

only new for year species listed below due to time constraints. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 356 species

12/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Clay 1 [NFY]
Fan-foot 1 [NFY]
Short-cloaked Moth 1 [NFY]
Small Blood-vein 1 [NFY]
V-Moth 1 [NFY]
Yellow Shell 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Aleimma loeflingiana 1 [NFY]
Anania perlucidalis 1 [NFY]
Anarsia innoxiella 2 [NFY]
Crassa unitella 1 [NFY]
Dichrorampha alpinana/flavidorsana 1 [NFY]
Dioryctria abietella 1 [NFY]
Ectoedemia heringella 3 [NFY]
Epiblema foenella 1 [NFY]
Ethmia dodecea 1 [NFY]
Eudonia lacustrata 1 [NFY]
Homoeosoma nebulella 1 [NFY]
Neocochylis hybridella 1 [NFY]
Oegoconia sp 2 [NFY]
Phycita roborella 1 [NFY]
Scoparia basistrigalis 1 [NFY]
Tinea columbariella 1 [NFY]
Yponomeuta evonymella 1 [NFY]
Zeiraphera isertana 1 [NFY]
 
Neocochylis hybridella

V-Moth

Yellow Shell

Anania perlucidalis

Anarsia innoxiella

Clay

Dioryctria abietella

Epiblema foenella

Fan-foot

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:29

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