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

Thursday, 9 October 2025

A good mixture of moths post storm

A blip of squally weather put to bed the idea of running my trap, so a few nights rest was welcome.
 
By Sunday night, the weather had calmed down somewhat and the trap was back on. 
 
There were two new species that attended the trap, the first of many Feathered Thorns and a sparkly Green-brindled Crescent, a common but stunning species. 
 
A single Rush Veneer was good to get, another rare species this year following on from how scarce the Diamond-back Moth has been in my garden.
A returning Grey-pine Carpet was good (Last seen in July) and both species of  Hypsopygia still hanging on, possibly my latest records of both.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 651 species

05/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Feathered Thorn 1 [NFY] 
Green-brindled Crescent 1 [NFY]
 
Feathered Thorn

Green-brindled Crescent

Grey-pine Carpet

Hypsopygia costalis

Hypsopygia glaucinalis

Nomophila noctuella


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:29