Welcome

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, I have now removed commenting as the bots were starting to appear
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Thursday, 3 July 2025

Some more new moths

Back on the 22nd of June, I ran the garden trap once more, and with highs of 25 degrees and lows of around 15 degrees, it wasn't as humid as I had hoped, but still a respectable 56 species were noted.

A fantastic 9 species were added to the year list, the only new macro being a cracking female Ghost Moth, a regular annual visitor in low numbers.

Once again it was all about the micro moths, and there were some good records too.

Best was a second garden record of Niditinea fuscella/striolella, retained for dissection, and Phyllonorycter platani, also a 2nd garden record.

It was all about 'seconds' with another Elegia similella, a much brighter example than the garden first specimen a week or so back.

A stunning Acleris variegana was nice to photograph as well. 

Moth photography is extremely challenging rercently with these hot days! 

Still far behind and probably won't catch up now.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 464 species

22/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Ghost Moth 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Acleris variegana 1 [NFY]
Crambus perlella 1 [NFY] 1 [NFY]
Eucosma conterminana 1 [NFY]
Niditinea fuscella/striolella 1 [NFY]
Pammene fasciana 1 [NFY]
Phycitodes binaevella 1 [NFY]
Phyllonorycter platani 1 [NFY]
Schoenobius gigantella 1 [NFY]

 

Schoenobius gigantella

Phyllonorycter platani

Phycitodes binaevella

Pammene fasciana

Niditinea fuscella/striolella

Ghost Moth

Eucosma conterminana

Elegia similella

Crambus perlella

Acleris variegana

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:40