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, 18 September 2025

A Surprise Pyralid!

Back on the 8th of September I potted up a rather dark pyralid that was flittering around the trap. initially it looked like a dark Ephestia species, but when brought inside and under a hand lens in good light, revealed that it was infact the scarce moth, Apomyelois bistriatella.  
A new moth for me and my garden. There are a few records from one site in Cambridge but that is it (although there are no photographs available I assume these records are correct).
 
Other good moths included a 2nd for the year Jersey Mocha! Maybe a migrant along with the Apomyelois bistriatella (which is also known to occasionally migrate).
A late Nephopterix angustella was also good to see as well as two more Plumed Fan-foots! 
 
Lower numbers of moths and the sorting and sifting takes little time at all now, but the special ones are out there, if you get lucky! 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 636 species

08/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Micro Moths 
 
Apomyelois bistriatella 1 [NEW!]

Plumed Fan-foot

Apomyelois bistriatella

Cypress Pug

Jersey Mocha

Nephopterix angustella


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 22:26