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

Autumn(al) is here

Monday night saw reasonable numbers of moths considering the conditions.

Brown-spot Pinion was good to add to the year list, it being of the form 'rufa-pallida'. Brown-spot Pinion has became a rather scarce moth for me in the last decade, slowly declining in numbers, this seems to be the case for others here in the east as well, whereas it's cousin, Beaded Chestnut, is going from strength to strength. 

A second new species for the year was a dissected Epirrita species that on initial inspection, looked good for Autumnal Moth. It being a male (as the females aren't doable) I had a crack, and the fairly straightforward dissection proved to be correct, my third garden record.

Other bits included another Acleris rhombana and another form of Beaded Chestnut.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 658 species

13/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Autumnal Moth 1 [NFY] 
Brown-spot Pinion 1 [NFY] 
 
Brown-spot Pinion

Acleris rhombana

Autumnal Moth

Beaded Chestnut

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:21