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

Saturday, 18 October 2025

Another couple of Autumnal ticks

After a night off on Tuesday (cool with clear skies) it was back on it, on Wednesday night. 

Another similar catch, but we still seem to have late summer species hanging on, with several Brimstone Moths present and a Light Emerald. 

Another two new species for the year were present, which was pleasing.

They were..
Brindled Green - An annual moth here, though sometimes with just the one record, this year seems exceptional as i've now had 4.
Grey-pine Carpet - Missed out on the Spring brood, so it was nice to get a couple this side of the year, again like Brindled Green, i've since had several more this week.
 
A big fat cat was also spotted ambling across the patio, my first larval record of Turnip Moth. 
 
STOP PRESS ... A belated record of a Humming-bird Hawk-moth on the 1st of October, after a warm night, my wife spotted it on our front drive nectaring from the Busy Lizzies at 9am, she even took a quick snap for me. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 661 species

15/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Brindled Green 1 [NFY] 
Grey-pine Carpet 2 [NFY] 
Humming-bird Hawk-moth 1 [NFY] (1st October)
 
Turnip Moth

Brindled Green

Grey-pine Carpet

Grey-pine Carpet

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

 
 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:50