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

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

They keep on coming including a return of the Dusky!

On the 27th of June, I was beaming with joy when I found a Dusky Clearwing in my TAB lure, after having it hang out for 2 weeks with not a sniff, and others catching it locally, I thought it might be a duff lure!
I've now put the lure away and replaced with some more excotic species on the slim off-chance.
 
Overnight, 4 new species for the year were noted, numbers were a bit lower and less variety, the wind was once again an issue.
 
Trying to catch up before the next warm spell arrives! 
 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 492 species

27/06/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Campion 1 [NFY]
Clouded Brindle 1 [NFY]
Dusky Clearwing 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Dichomeris alacella 1 [NFY]
Notocelia roborana 1 [NFY]

Schoenobius gigantella

Campion

Clouded Brindle

Dichomeris alacella

Dusky Clearwing

Notocelia roborana

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:29