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

Thursday, 22 January 2026

3rd outing for the year, 3 new species

On the 19th it was fairly mild at 8 degrees for most of the night, rising even higher towards dawn as cloud cover domninated.
Somehow we escaped the worst of the overnight rain and it was quite calm for January.
 
3 moths was the grand sum, a pitiful amount compared to most, but luckily they were all different species. 
 
There doesn't seem to be many opportunities to run the trap looking ahead.
 
Too wet, too windy, too cold, that typical January feeling eh. 
 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 8 species

 
17/01/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
 
Black-spotted Chestnut 1 [NFY]
Dark Chestnut 1 [NFY] 

Micro Moths 
 
Agonopterix heracliana 1 [NFY] 
 
Dark Chestnut

Agonopterix heracliana

Black-spotted Chestnut

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:32