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

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Wednesday, 13 August 2025

A couple of 'pre holiday' catches

I trapped on the 3rd and the 6th of August in my garden, the last efforts before we headed on our holidays to the south coast.

Some good numbers were recorded and on the 3rd there were several new species for the year which tipped me over the 600 mark for the year.

Come the 6th, and there were more moths and species present, but not one was new for the year, most frustrating given how humid it was, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

There were however a few nice moths, the 15th Tawny Wave of the year, a record number. A nice,ly marked and streaky Dichrorampha petiverella, and a rich-coloured Bright-line Brown-eye which was potted up incase it was something rarer. 

The garden trap will be back on on the 15th.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 601 species

03/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Common Wave 1 [NFY]
Flounced Rustic 1 [NFY]
Square-spot Rustic 1 [NFY]
Straw Underwing 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Agriphila geniculea 1 [NFY]

Ypsolopha scabrella

Agriphila geniculea

Common Wave

Flounced Rustic

Square-spot Rustic

Straw Underwing

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:47