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, 25 September 2025

A couple more to add to the list

Starting to catch up now, as the weather has gone rather polar at night recently, especially with these keen east winds.

Last Friday I managed a 2nd garden record of Four-spotted Footman, another male.. fantastic!

New species for the year included two uncommon species for my garden, both rather battered sadly, the Small Wainscot much worst off! The other was a rather poorly marked Autumnal Rustic.

Cacoecimorpha pronubana had a big flurry last week, with loads of males turning up, one was a nice female though.

It's still worth running the trap on warm nights I feel. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 643 species

19/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Autumnal Rustic 1 [NFY] 
Small Wainscot 1 [NFY]  
 
Small Wainscot

Autumnal Rustic

Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Four-spotted Footman

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

 
 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:21