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, 19 March 2026

Cold and quiet but worth it!

The last few nights i've ran my trap more out of chance than anything. 

With soaring daytime temperatures upto the high teens, it surely would spur some new emergences to take place, it's been slow but a few new species have been recorded.

The 3rd garden record of Water Carpet was the best moth on Tuesday night and last night, a completely new moth for the garden made the getting up at quarter to six in the freezing cold worth it.

It was that cold that I had to defrost my car, the gauge read 0.8c 

Yellow Horned is new for the garden and the 920th species recorded here so far. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 42 species

17/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Water Carpet 1 [NFY]
Clouded Drab 5
Common Quaker 10
Double-striped Pug 2 
Early Grey 3
Hebrew Character 5
Small Quaker 4

Micro Moths 
 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1 
Diurnea fagella 2
Epiphyas postvittana 2 
 
18/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Yellow Horned 1 [NFG]
Clouded Drab 3
Common Quaker 5
Double-striped Pug 1
Early Grey 2
Hebrew Character 2
March Moth 4 
Small Quaker 2

Micro Moths 
 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 2
Emmelina monodactyla 1
 
Water Carpet

Yellow Horned

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:12