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, 20 May 2026

Blowing a hooley

It was extremely windy last night here in my village but warm with it, not dropping below 13 degrees and so I duly popped the trap on.
I had to lay the sheets across the patio to keep to dry for fear of any rain, and i'm glad I did as we did have a downpour at 11pm.
Despite this there were 27 species recorded by dawn and 7 of which were new.
 
Highlights included Alder Moth, Campion and a worn Aspilapteryx tringipennella

The weather is certainly feeling more humid as of today, but we've still got a nagging wind.

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 191 species 
 
19/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 

Alder Moth 1 [NFY]
Burnished Brass 1 [NFY]
Campion 1 [NFY]
Setaceous Hebrew Character 2 [NFY]
Sycamore 1 [NFY]
Brimstone Moth 1
Common Swift 3
Common Wainscot 1
Flame Shoulder 1
Grey-pine Carpet 1
Latticed Heath 1
Light Brocade 1
Marbled Minor 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
Silver Y 1
Spectacle 1
Treble-bar 3
Treble Lines 2
Turnip Moth 5
Vine's Rustic 2
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths 

Aspilapteryx tringipennella 1 [NFY]
Blastobasis lacticolella 1 [NFY]
Argyresthia trifasciata 1
Epiphyas postvittana 2
Monopis crocicapitella 2
 
Sycamore

Alder Moth

Aspilapteryx tringipennella

Blastobasis lacticolella

Burnished Brass

Campion

Setaceous Hebrew Character

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:13