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

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

October moth fest

The start of October was the busiest i've ever known it in my garden trap, a lot of returning species of course, but with good numbers of Clancy's Rustic and L-album Wainscots, species that were unheard of inland 10 years ago.
Warm day-time temperatures and fairly mild nights, but blustery at times were the key feature of the weather.
Migrants are still very poor in my garden this year, a single Plutella xylostella on the 1st was only the 10th this year. 
The first two nights of October, featured some lovely variation of Beaded Chestnut.
 
A Caloptilia stigmatella was potted up as it was flitting around the actinic tube, this example being only the 3rd garden record with one in 2022 and one in March this year.
 
The only new moth was a Mallow on the 2nd, a welcome addition and annual in small numbers here.  

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 649 species

02/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Mallow 1 [NFY] 
 
Beaded Chestnut

Beaded Chestnut

Mallow

Red-green Carpet


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:37