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, 30 September 2025

There's a Blair's

Amongst a rather healthy catch on Saturday night was a year first Blair's Shoulder-knot. 

It's certainly an odd looking moth that doesn't really look like any other species, in fact it doesn't even resemble its cousin, the Grey Shoulder-knot or the two Pinions for that matter, a really sleek customer with dark dashes over sombre grey tones.

Other good species included a 2nd Large Wainscot and Beaded Chestnut and a rather late and nicely coloured Small Square-spot.

Not much on the micro moth front lately, with just Epiphyas postvittana, Emmelina monodactyla and Eudonia angustea, but a nice Acleris variegana made a nice break from the norm.

There is still stuff to catch! 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 647 species

27/09/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Blair's Shoulder-knot 1 [NFY] 
 
Small Square-spot

Acleris variegana

Beaded Chestnut

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Large Wainscot

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 22:28