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, 25 October 2025

Winding down, what a year though!

I haven't trapped in my garden since last Tuesday now, where numbers had crashed, back last Sunday was my last good night, and going forwards I will only trap on +10 degree nights as it really isn't worth the effort or leccy on less favourable nights.

Sunday was a big milestone, a Dusky-lemon Sallow made it 666 species for the year, the best year in 4 full years of trapping.   
Can't leave it on 666 though! Hopefully a few nights looking ahead will yield a couple more of expected species.
 
Other good species was my 6th Pine Carpet of the year, all have been caught since the 10th, exceptionally late indeed.
Another Delicate was good, as was a flighty Caloptilia semifascia, just about letting me fire of a few macro shots before taking to the skies.
Musotima nitidalis also returned after a month hiatus, and my first f.capucino of the Green-brindled Crescent was noted.
 
That's it for awhile here, time to catch up on the backlog of data input and some much needed moth housekeeping. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 666 species

19/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Dusky-lemon Sallow 1 [NFY]
 
Turnip Moth

Caloptilia semifascia

Delicate

Dusky-lemon Sallow

Green-brindled Crescent

Musotima nitidalis

Pine Carpet

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 17:43