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

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Perfect conditions but little to show for it

I haven't trapped in my garden for quite some time, over a week now.

Last night however it was mild all night with little wind, and a steady 11c after reaching 17 degrees during the day.

A very paltry list come this morning, and I was glad that I did half an hour of netting at dusk, which subsequently yielded two new species of micro moth.

A Red-green Carpet was the only new moth for the year to the trap. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 45 species

31/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 
  
Red-green Carpet 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 2 
Clouded Drab 2
Common Quaker 2
Double-striped Pug 4
Hebrew Character 2
March Moth 1
Red Chestnut 1 

Micro Moths 
 
Caloptilia honoratella 1 [NFY] (netted)
Caloptilia semifascia 1 [NFY] (netted)
Emmelina monodactyla 2
Epiphyas postvittana 1 
 
Red-green Carpet

Caloptilia honoratella

Caloptilia semifascia

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 10:26