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

Sunday, 10 May 2026

Testing times for moths

Horribly cool east wind is putting a downer on moth recording currently, and looking forward to the week ahead, in short, I don't think it's going to be worth it.

But we'll take each day as it comes.

Last nights numbers and species were well down, but it did include a beautiful Eyed Hawk-moth and a lovely fluffy White Ermine.

Just two species of micro moth were observed, showing the severity of the conditions.

Cool, almost cold today, so it's not happening tonight as we are expecting a near frost :/ 

 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 178 species

09/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Bright-line Brown-eye 1 [NFY]
Eyed Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
White Ermine 1 [NFY]
White-point 2 [NFY]
Angle Shades 1
Chinese Character 1
Marbled Minor 1
Orange Footman 1
Garden Carpet 1
Muslin Moth 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 4
Treble Lines 11
Turnip Moth 1

Micro Moths

Cnephasia communana 1 [NFY]
Epiphyas postvittana 1
 
White-point

Bright-line Brown-eye

Cnephasia communana

Eyed Hawk-moth

White Ermine

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:02