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

Monday, 1 September 2025

Breaking Down

Summer coming to an end? Probably..
The last week of August was back to a typical English summer, warm spells intertwined with wind and rain and cooler nights were becoming the norm.
I can't lie and grumble, we've had a bloody good run of moth crazy temperatures here in the east.
 
Two catches on the 22nd and 23rd are featured below.
 
I was still catching around 40 species per night, but lots of repeats.
 
Just 1 new species on both nights, one larger moth and one dinky one.
 
Other than that, a few dark Flounced Rustics were photographed, and my 2nd Delicate of the year was noteworthy. 
 
Currently mothing is quite poor. I still have yet to tap into any decent migrant moths so far this year, will my time come before year end?

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 622 species

22/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Centre-barred Sallow 1 [NFY] 

23/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Cydia splendana 1 [NFY] 
 
Flounced Rustic

Cydia splendana

Delicate

Aproaerema anthyllidella

Centre-barred Sallow

Archips podana

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:34