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, 21 August 2025

Quiet times, but still ticking along

The trap is a little mundane currently, don't get me wrong it's nice to see 50+ examples of common species, but it makes it hard to pick out the decent stuff! 

On Sunday night it was fairly mild with light winds, so the trap was busy come Monday morming at 5am.

To the notable moths. 

Acrolepiopsis assectella was only my 2nd this year, and a late White Ermine was nice.

3 new species were noted, both the macros I missed out on last year. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 610 species

17/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Tawny-barred Angle 1 [NFY]
Webb's Wainscot 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Ypsolopha sequella 1 [NFY]

Acrolepiopsis assectella

Tawny-barred Angle

Webb's Wainscot

White Ermine

Ypsolopha sequella

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:48