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

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Some rather late species including a garden first tiddler

Like a few others, last week I recorded my latest ever Scarce Silver-lines to my trap on Wednesday night, a tiny but pristine specimen.
 
There were 5 nights previous to this date where I didn't bother trapping at all, it's also been abyssmal since as well, with recent nights very close to freezing, most odd for this time of year.
 
The new garden moth was a very welcome Agonopterix propinquella, I get subpropinquella regularly here, the slightly larger cousin to this species.
 
A rather tatty Red Underwing was new for the year and my latest Assara terebrella was certainly worth noting down.
 
Clancy's Rustic keep on coming here, with a further two, some real fresh ones too. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 641 species

17/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Red Underwing 1 [NFY] 
 
Micro Moths 
 
Agonopterix propinquella 1 [NFG]
  
Scarce Silver-lines

Agonopterix propinquella

Assara terebrella

Clancy's Rustic

Red Underwing

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:42