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

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

March starts with a fast-paced stride

What incredible weather we have been experiencing lately, with some unseasonably warm days heading towards the high teens and fairly mild nights (Although that is all change now, with typical early spring warm days and cold nights a feature in the coming days).

A smaller but still decent catch on the night of the 1st of the month, with 11 species attending the trap, with two new species for the year, a crumpled up Double-striperd Pug, and my annual one specimen of Pine Beauty, an uncommon but regular moth here between the end of February and end of March.

Mainly a macro show, the micros haven't really got going yet.

The weather ahead looks very good for early March. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 30 species

01/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Double-striped Pug 1 [NFY] 
Pine Beauty 1 [NFY]
Clouded Drab 1
Common Quaker 6
Grey Shoulder-knot 1
Hebrew Character 4
March Moth 1
Oak Beauty 3
Small Quaker 2 

Micro Moths 
 
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1  
Emmelina monodactyla 1
 
Double-striped Pug

Pine Beauty

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:10