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

Thursday, 18 June 2026

Still going as strong as a stallion

Things are certainly well above average currently in my garden, and no doubt in other people's gardens as well.
The numbers of species is quite something, and although most species are coming in in 1's and 3's there are a few exceptions.
 
Leopard Moth, now that I've had a full count around the garden are now up to 23 for last night, and Common Footman have exceeded that with 31!
 
The noctuids were still out in full force as well, with Dark Arches, Heart & Club and Turnip Moth the commonest. 
 
Species new for the year included a lovely Blackneck, the always knackered look of a Brown Scallop and talking of knackered, the Clouded-bordered Brindle wasn't much cop either!
V-Moth was another lovely moth, a rather localised speciality here and I usually get 1 or 2 per year. 
 
Plenty of micros once more, they were certain0ly a massive challenge to photograph this evening in the high 20's heat.
 
More of the same for possibly the next 7 days, quite remarkable for the middle of June.
 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 430 species 
 
17/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Blackneck 1 [NFY]
Brown Scallop 1 [NFY]
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 [NFY]
V-Moth 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Cosmopterix scribaiella 2 [NFY]
Cydalima perspectalis 2 [NFY]
Ectoedemia heringella 3 [NFY]
Elophila nymphaeata 1 [NFY]
Grapholita tenebrosana 1 [NFY]
monochroa lucidella 1 [NFY] 
Pyralis farinalis 1 [NFY]
Coleophora sp 1 [TBC]
 
V-Moth

Blackneck

Brown Scallop

Cosmopterix scribaiella

Cydalima perspectalis

Elophila nymphaeata

Pyralis farinalis

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 22:00