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, 28 September 2025

A good selection of Autumnal species

A really busy night in my garden trap on Friday night, with 28 species in total, with lots of late fliers like Oak Hook-tip, Beautiful Hook-tip , Endotricha flammealis & Carcina quercana, Brimstone Moths also going for a 3rd brood.

There were two new species for the year, 3x Sallows and 1x Deep-brown Dart (which maybe the same one that I missed on a previous night, although now sporting a big chunk out of it's wing).

Both species aren't usually very common in my garden, being overshadowed currently by the 3 Yellow Underwings (Large, Lesser & Broad-bordered). 

A second fresh Autumnal Rustic was good to see, as well as Acleris schalleriana & Monopis crocicapitella.

A trio of Turnip Moths also turned up, usually an underappreciated moth but i'll take anything lately.

Mothing weather has turned a bit dreary now, with night time temperatures lower than hoped for.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 646 species

26/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Deep-brown Dart 1 [NFY] 
Sallow 3 [NFY] 
 
Turnip Moth

Acleris schalleriana

Autumnal Rustic

Beautiful Hook-tip

Deep-brown Dart

Sallow

Sallows Male left, Female right

Turnip Moth

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:27