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

Friday, 1 May 2026

A small but tidy catch

Not much last night on the last day of April. A warm day but once again we had a nagging breeze from the east.
Coupled with a clear sky and bright moon, it never really got going, dropping to 5 degrees by 5am.
 
There were however a pair of smashing camo moths sitting in the trap. I don't think i've ever had two on the same night in my garden before.
This was backed up by my first April record for Common Swift, and the uncommon Ochreous Pug.
 
Tonight looks rather good with cloud rolling in, fingers crossed! 
 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 115 species

30/04/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Common Swift 2 [NFY]
Lime Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Ochreous Pug 1 [NFY] 
Garden Carpet 1
Muslin Moth 3
Pinion-spotted Pug 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Turnip Moth 1
Yellow-barred Brindle 1

Micro Moths 

Epiphyas postvittana 3
Monopis crocicapitella 1
 
Ochreous Pug

Common Swift

Lime Hawk-moths

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:36