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, 16 June 2026

Quick post before a busy period?

Last night was milder but there were less species, but plenty of moths.

Undoubtedly the highlight was a second Striped Hawk-moth for the year, sitting proudly on the outside of the trap this morning at 4am, I was up late and some moths succumbed to the jaws of the local Blackbird!

Other migrants included a Silver Y, Small Mottled Willow, 5x Plutella xylostella and a fresh Clancy's Rustic.

Swallow-tailed Moth was the sole new macro for the year, backed up by 3 new micros.  

Some real muggy nights approaching, should be pretty darn good! 

 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 396 species 
 
15/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Swallow-tailed Moth 1 [NFY]
Clancy's Rustic 1 
Silver Y 1 
Striped Hawk-moth 1
 

Micro Moths
 
Aleimma loeflingiana 1 [NFY]
Eucosma conterminana 1 [NFY]
Pexicopia malvella 1 [NFY] 
Plutella xylostella 5 
 
Swallow-tailed Moth

Aleimma loeflingiana

Eucosma conterminana

Pexicopia malvella

Scythropia crataegella

Striped Hawk-moth!

 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:44