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, 13 April 2026

Chilly

After a fairly mild day yesterday I tried trapping once more, but by half 11 I packed up as it was pretty deperate out there and all I had to show for it was 2 Hebrew Characters.

Forgetting that I didn't actually look through my trap when I switched it off last night, I just went through it this evening and found 1 more Hebrew Character and a Common Quaker, riveting!

I also checked the lure bucket traps and found 2 Pammene giganteana in each one, and then I disturbed a year first Elachista rufocinerea, result!

Then it rained... so I cleaned the patio off once more and was sweeping the remains of a Swallow Prominent, another new one albeit just sets of wings, the birds must have found one I missed! 

Local friend Leslie Gardiner also brought round a moth he trapped last night, a quick inspection revealed that it is a Depressaria chaerophylli, a scarce moth in the county, but which seems to have a little stronghold around here. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 64 species

12/04/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Swallow Prominent 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 1
Hebrew Character 3 

Micro Moths

Elachista rufocinerea 1 [NFY]
 
Depressaria chaerophylli

Elachista rufocinerea

Swallow Prominent...apparently

 
 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:55