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

Monday, 23 March 2026

An early arrival

Rather quieter than late, and probably now past the peak of the early spring Orthosia species.

It tends to go a little quiet now through the rest of March into early April, with better moths over bigger numbers.

My earliest Nut-tree Tussock (By a whole week) was the most surprising, and there was also another new for year species, the regular but never common, Agonopterix subpropinquella of the form rhodochrella.

A nicely marked Clouded Drab was also nice to photograph.

The weather continues to be around average, with some cold nights still a prominent feature. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 45 species

22/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Nut-tree Tussock 1 [NFY]
Clouded Drab 3
Common Quaker 5
Double-striped Pug 1
Early Grey 1
Hebrew Character 2
March Moth 2
Red Chestnut 1 
Small Quaker 2

Micro Moths 
 
Agonopterix subpropinquella f rhodochrella 1 [NFY] 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1 
Emmelina monodactyla 1
 
Clouded Drab

Agonopterix subpropinquella f rhodochrella

Nut-tree Tussock

 
 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:49