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, 15 November 2025

3 new species including a micro migrant garden first!

A break from mothing recently, but a reasonable catch was made on the 7th of November, which included 3 new species for the year (and possibly the last for this year).
The only other expectded species that should turn up from now until year end, will be the Winter Moth. But that wouldn't count on my year list, as I already recorded in January earlier this year.
 
Best moth was a garden first migrant micro, the small Crocidosema plebejana.
 
Scarce Umber and December Moths were nice also, as well as the 2nd Autumnal Moth of the year.
 
That's it for now. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 675 species

07/11/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
December Moth 2 [NFY]
Scarce Umber 1 [NFY]
Autumnal Moth 1 
Beaded Chestnut 2 
Black Rustic 1
Dark Sword-grass 1
Double-striped Pug 2 
Large Wainscot 2 
November Moth sp 9
Red-green Carpet 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1 
Sprawler 6
Turnip Moth 1
White-point 2 
 
Micro Moths 
 
Crocidosema plebejana 1 [NFY]
Carcina quercana 1
Epiphyas postvittana 5
Nomophila noctuella 2
Udea ferrugalis 2
 
Scarce Umber

Autumnal Moth

Crocidosema plebejana

December Moth

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:24