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

Saturday, 27 June 2026

Still they come

There seems to be no let-up from these warm nights recently, I've forgotten what a cooler night is! Day in and day out high humidity is taking its toll on tiredness that's for sure.

As a result, the trap has been busy beyond belief. 

Wednesday night was no different with a hive of activity in and around the trap.
 
As it has been so humid, it has been increasingly difficult to pot up moths and photograph them, sadly losing a mint Ypsolopha ustella to the sky whilst taking pics, shame as it is only my 2nd garden record.
 
A pretty much split between macros and micros for the new for year species on the night.
 
My favourites included July Highflyer, Silky Wainscot, the absolute unit that is Dioryctria sylvestrella, Ancylosis oblitella and finally a zoegana (after countless hamana) a nice dark form as well.
 
A stupidly worn Sitochroa palealis was a new species for the garden and moth no.941. 
 
Only new for year species listed below.
 
 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 513 species 
 
24/06/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths
  
July Highflyer 1 [NFY]
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1 [NFY]
Silky Wainscot 1 [NFY] 

Micro Moths

Agapeta zoegana 1 [NFY]
Ancylosis oblitella 1 [NFY]
Borkhausenia fuscescens 1 [NFY]
Dioryctria sylvestrella 1 [NFY] 
Rhodophaea formosa 1 [NFY] 
Rhyacionia buoliana 1 [NFY] 
Sitochroa palealis 1 [NFG] 
 
Sitochroa palealis

Agapeta zoegana

Ancylosis oblitella

Dioryctria sylvestrella

July Highflyer

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Silky Wainscot

 
 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:36