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

Friday, 27 February 2026

Another double catch

A brief post on two catches I made on Tuesday & Wednesday night.

Tuesday was the better night despite being cooler, but Wednesday was warmer with a keen breeze, so that probably had a lot to do with it.

Best moth was a Shoulder-stripe, only the third garden record and one I dipped on last year.

Clouded Drab was new also and several forms were observed.

4 new ones for the year on Tuesday, but only 1 on Wednesday, a pair of dainty little Twenty-plume moths. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 25 species

 
24/02/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Clouded Drab 1 [NFY]
Dotted Border 1 [NFY]
Shoulder-stripe 1 [NFY] 
Common Quaker 6
Hebrew Character 10
March Moth 6
Oak Beauty 4 

Micro Moths 
 
Emmelina monodactyla 1 [NFY]
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1  
Agonopterix heracliana 2 
 
 
25/02/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Clouded Drab 3
Common Quaker 10
Dotted Border 1 
Hebrew Character 3
March Moth 9
Oak Beauty 3
Small Quaker 3 

Micro Moths 
 
Alucita hexadactyla 2 [NFY]
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1  
 
Emmelina monodactyla

Shoulder-stripe

Alucita hexadactyla

Clouded Drab

Clouded Drab

 
 

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:15