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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, 29 June 2025

Quick mothy update

Another warm day last Friday, and more moths added to the year list amongst a catch of around 70 species, i've never known a summer like this!

Best moths were the large (For a Pug) Yarrow Pug, the tiny Bucculatrix cristatella & the uncommon Eana incanana.

Brown-tails have since gone mad in my garden, with up to 6 a night, though not quite as mad as the 21 Leopard Moths last night!

The weather remains hot, dry and humid. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 446 species

20/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Brown-tail 1 [NFY]
Dusky Sallow 1 [NFY]
Yarrow Pug 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths
 
Batrachedra pinicolella/confusella 1 [NFY]
Bucculatrix cristatella 1 [NFY]
Eana incanana 1 [NFY]
Teleiodes vulgella 1 [NFY]
Yponomeuta rorrella 1 [NFY]

Yponomeuta rorrella

Batrachedra pinicolella confusella

Brown-tail

Bucculatrix cristatella

Dusky Sallow

Eana incanana

Teleiodes vulgella

Yarrow Pug

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:28

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