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, 19 August 2025

A new garden Plume!

The trap is full currently, full of lots of browns and greys, Vine's Rustics, Turnip Moths, Nutmegs and Common Wainscots all going bananas.

On Saturday night it was a little cooler but it was cloudy so no moon to contend with (although that is now waning now).

I was extremely pleased to pot up a Hellinsia plume species on the fence, my second of this genus after taking Mugwort Plume (Hellinsia lienigianus) 3 years on a trot. This newest addition being the Citron Plume (Hellinsia carphodactyla) and the 909th species for the garden.

The only other new species was both sexes of the Orange Swift.

Turbulent weather currently, but still fairly warm at night for now. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 607 species

16/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths 

Orange Swift 3 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Hellinsia carphodactyla 1 [NFG]

 

Treble-bar

Anania coronata

Hellinsia carphodactyla

Orange Swift - Female

Orange Swift - Male

Tawny-speckled Pug

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:49