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

Monday, 13 July 2026

Some more new species for the year

More moths and another good catch, with the previous nights moths emptied down the road, it was nearly a completely new set of species (Bar the common ones, Leopards, flammealis, Least Carpets all still going strong). 

New species are slowly tailing off now as we approach mid-summer, a lot of species are already finishing or may go for either 2nd or a 3rd brood dependant on species, especially if this warm weather continues. But we desperately need some rain!

Amongst the macros, Mouse Moth was extremely early, and my earliest garden record by 2 weeks.

During the day, a cracking Raspberry Clearwing came to the TAB lure, probably the last Clearwing species this year I guess?

We keep the warm weather, but it is slightly more bearable now thank goodness. 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 609 species 
 
09/07/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths
  
Dark Sword-grass 1 [NFY]
Dusky Thorn 1 [NFY]
Mouse Moth 1 [NFY]
Raspberry Clearwing 1 [NFY] 
 
Micro Moths

Coleophora conspicuella 1 [NFY]
Dioryctria abietella 1 [NFY]
 
Scoparia sp

Acleris literana

Coleophora conspicuella

Dark Sword-grass

Dusky Thorn

Mouse Moth

Raspberry Clearwing

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:30