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

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Not much happening in recent weeks

I have been trapping very little since my last post on the 19th, it's been quite wet and cold most nights and also far too windy.
On the 28th I did quite well for the end of October.
 
I added Sprawler to the year list and also checked 3 November Moth species, 2 were November, but one was a Pale November, only my 2nd garden record. 
Luckily i'm getting fairly confident with checking these now, and the moths get released unharmed and with a slightly woozy head! 
 
This coming week looks quite interesting, we shall see! 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 668 species

28/10/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Pale November Moth 1 [NFY]
Sprawler 2 [NFY] 
 
White Ermine Caterpillar

Clepsis consimiliana

Pale November Moth

Plumed Fan-foot

Sprawler

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:46