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, 11 October 2025

Couple of new ones, couple of migrants

Tuesday night saw a slightly warmer night and we had much needed cloud which was nice, especially as the moon is still rather bright and rising at around 8pm.

Two migrants were noted, a lovely 'dark' Dark Sword-grass and there were also 3 Udea ferrugalis to back it up.

The new species were November Moth (earliest by 6 days) and my earliest garden record of Red-line Quaker by 9 days, the trend year on year it seems, as we still hold onto mid to high teen temperatures during the day.

Another couple of Blair's Shoulder-knot were good to see, a moth that seems to be on the increase here, and a spied a furry caterpillar making a bid for freedom across the patio, potted up and later photographed, it was to be a White Ermine larvae.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 653 species

07/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
November Moth 1 [NFY] 
Red-line Quaker 1 [NFY]
 
White Ermine Caterpillar

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Dark Sword-grass

November Moth

Red-line Quaker

Udea ferrugalis

 
 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:33