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, 22 May 2026

Nearly there!

We were just on the edge of some really mild nights to come on Wednesday night, with lows of 13 degrees and 15c at midnight, it was still pretty good.
But from now on we are looking at +16c at midnight which is excellent for micro moths in particular. 
 
A fair haul on Wednesday night in my garden, but I expected a few more given the conditions, although the wind was still a bit gusty after dark for a few hours.
 
Green Pug was the sole new macro moth species for the year, this was backed up by two common micro moths.
 
A grotty Elachista was retained which will probably turn out to be atricomella.
 
Calm before the storm? I think so. 
 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 194 species 
 
20/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths 

Green Pug 1 [NFY]
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Buff-tip 1
Cinnabar 1
Common Pug 1
Common Swift 5
Common Wainscot 1
Garden Carpet 1
Grey-pine Carpet 1
Heart & Dart 2
Light Brocade 3
Marbled Minor 10
Nutmeg 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Treble-bar 1
Treble Lines 4
Turnip Moth 3
Vine's Rustic 3
Willow Beauty 4

Micro Moths 

Hedya nubiferana 1 [NFY]
Notocelia cynosbatella 1 [NFY]
Aproaerema anthyllidella 1
Bryotropha basaltinella 1
Elachista sp 1 (TBC)
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Epiphyas postvittana 4
Esperia sulphurella 1
 
Notocelia cynosbatella

Bryotropha basaltinella

Elachista sp prob atricomella

Green Pug

Hedya nubiferana

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:21