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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

Friday, 20 June 2025

On the catch up

A cooler day after the blazing hot Friday, with highs of 22 degrees and a brisk wind, it felt less oppressive.

The night still remained warm enough for plentiful moth activity, but much less species were obsevered, in fact less than half!
As a result there were less new ones, but being the middle of June, every night should yield at least a couple of  new species, and indeed last Saturday night did.
Two early Underwing species showed up, the first darker form of Box-moth appeared and a tiny Pug was of course a year first Haworth's.
 
Micros were sparse, I think it was the wind. Therefore I could only muster a Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) & the ghostly white Pterophorus pentadactyla.
 
Only new species listed below.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 390 species

14/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths 

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1 [NFY]
Haworth's Pug 1 [NFY]
Lesser Yellow Underwing 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths 

Galleria mellonella 1 [NFY]
Pterophorus pentadactyla 1 [NFY]
 
Pterophorus pentadactyla

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Cydalima perspectalis

Galleria mellonella

Haworth's Pug

Lesser Yellow Underwing

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:23

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