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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, 13 June 2025

Perfect mothing conditions from now on

It's certainly warming up now by day, and also by night, with a respectable low of 15 on Monday night, the trap was much busier, omitting to do a full count because of work commitments.

8 new species was a good return and it included two scarce micro moths.

Elegia similella is represented as being the 878th moth species for the garden, and a second record for Cambs to boot. A moth that was more regular in broad-leaved ancient woodland in my old stomping ground in Hertfordshire.

Triaxomasia caprimulgella is a regular here each year in small numbers. A rare moth nationally but it seems to be happy around here for unknown reasons.

Best macro moth was the always stunning Green Silver-lines, which was only first recorded here in my garden last year. Scarce Silver-lines is tied with two records also.

Temperatures continued to build by day and night. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 326 species

09/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Green Silver-lines 1 [NFY]
Nutmeg 1 [NFY]
Uncertain 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Archips podana 1 [NFY]
Elegia similella 1 [NFG] 
Piniphila bifasciana 1 [NFY]
Triaxomasia caprimulgella 1 [NFY]
Udea olivalis 1 [NFY]

Uncertain

Archips podana

Elegia similella

Green Silver-lines

Nutmeg

Piniphila bifasciana

Triaxomasia caprimulgella

Udea olivalis

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 22:55

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