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

Sunday, 31 August 2025

A few new micro moths

Last Wednesday was an average moth night, with highs struggling to get to 21 degrees and lows dipping a bit further than what we've been used to recently.
Despite the cooler conditions, there were still over 40 species present at the trap.
 
Best was a garden first Coleophora lineolea, two of them as well! Not one i've ever seen before.
 
There were two other new for year micros, the oddly shaped Batrachedra praeangusta & the Bracken feeding Musotima nitidalis, a moth that has spread rapidly in the south-east. 
 
Less moths but hopefully some intetesting species still to come.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 620 species

20/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Batrachedra praeangusta 1 [NFY] 
Coleophora lineolea 2 [NFG]
Musotima nitidalis 1 [NFY] 

 

Musotima nitidalis

Barred Hook-tip

Batrachedra praeangusta

Coleophora lineolea

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:13