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!

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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

Saturday, 20 September 2025

A trio of decent migrant moths

Back on the 9th of September I ran my trap once more, with expected southerly winds and a warmish evening, the speculation was there for something different to turn up, and I wasn't disappointed!

Best moth of the night went to the migrant Four-spotted Footman. Since this date and beyond to the present tense, i've had another one last night! Lots of others have also tapped into the explosion of a once quite rare migrant moth.

The supporting migrant cast included only my 2nd Dark Sword-grass of the year and my 2nd Scarce Bordered Straw also.

The rest of the trap was rather mundane but that's expected this time of year, you hope for the quality and boy did it deliver on that night. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 637 species

09/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Four-spotted Footman 1 [NFG]
 
Scarce Bordered Straw

Dark Sword-grass

Four-spotted Footman

The Migrant Trio

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:16