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, 7 September 2025

Early doors for a Brick

A very early Brick was the highlight of my garden catch on the 26th of August here in East Cambs, earliest for me by 19 days! 
It is also only my 2nd garden record, a once common moth that is seemingly becoming scarcer in recent times (Dot Moth & Gothic i'm looking at you as well).
 
There was one another new for the year species, a rather smartly-coloured Epinotia nisella, a highly variable moth.
 
Agonopterix arenella & Plutella porrectella were returning species after a few months absense. 
 
A Niditinea species was retained.
 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 627 species

26/08/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Brick 1 [NFY]
 
Macro Moths 
 
Epinotia nisella 1 [NFY]
 
Plutella porrectella

Agonopterix arenella

Brick

Epinotia nisella

Niditinea fuscella striolella


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:09