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

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

June

Trying to play catchup now as the weather goes a bit meh.

Temperatures are well down on a typical early June, and literally as soon as the month started, we got pretty rubbish weather, nights were still fairly mild but rain was always a presence.

The first night of the month yielded a fair array of species, with the warmth micros were still doing very well (They really hate cool and windy night).

9 new species made the list.

Best moths included the tiny and sadly damaged Leek Moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella), not common here, the ying & yang of the moth world, Broad-barred White and Varied Coronet, with similar markings but in reverse.

Piniphila bifasciana was a little cracker, a regular pine feeder species, and a very pale year first Heart & Club was nice. 

Things slowed down a bit, but It's still June, so there is always something worth photographing. 
 
 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 356 species 
 
01/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Broad-barred White 1 [NFY] 
Heart & Club 1 [NFY]
Purple Bar 1 [NFY]
Small Clouded Brindle 1 [NFY]
Varied Coronet 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths
 
Acrolepiopsis assectella 1 [NFY]
Archips crataegana 1 [NFY]
Piniphila bifasciana 1 [NFY]
Spilonota ocellana 1 [NFY]
 
Acrolepiopsis assectella

Archips crataegana

Broad-barred White and Varied Coronet

Heart & Club

Piniphila bifasciana

Purple Bar

Small Clouded Brindle

Spilonota ocellana

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:32