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, 5 March 2026

Shades of Grey

A real drop in moth numbers come Tuesday night with cooler and clear conditions overnight.

The day had been warm though, and this spurred me on to pop a few pheromone lures out (Both FUNebrana and ARGyrana) 
After work I checked the buckets and was pleasantly surprised to find two Pammene giganteana in each of the traps.
The traps are now away in the shed until other species come on the wing towards April.
 
Overnight, just the one new species for the year, an Early Grey, I also got another grey moth, the 4th specimen of Grey Shoulder-knot this year, unprecedented for my garden!
 
The continuing theme is warm days cold nights. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 35 species

03/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Early Grey 1 [NFY] 
Clouded Drab 2
Common Quaker 8
Grey Shoulder-knot 1 
Hebrew Character 3
March Moth 3
Oak Beauty 1
Small Quaker 1

Micro Moths 
 
Pammene giganteana 4 [NFY] 
Emmelina monodactyla 2
 
Pammene giganteana

Clouded Drab

Early Grey

Grey Shoulder-knot and Early Grey

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:04