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

Sunday, 26 July 2026

Migrant micros reach my garden

Some decent migrant micro moths reached my humble abode on Thursday night, with 2x Cydia amplana which are only the 2nd & 3rd garden records, and an extremely tiny tortrix, Crocidosema plebejana which is new for my garden and was very lively indeed, almost losing it once amongst the stubble in the garden.

The two Cydia's were remarkably different and great to see the colour variation that can occur.

Two scarcer micros for my garden also showed their faces, Monopis weaverella & Pandemis corylana. I get stacks of Monopis laevigella, but struggle to tick the other off every year.
Then there is corylana, the Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix that sometimes doesn't even turn up in a year! Very strange for two common moths.

Not to leave out the macros, luckily one made it on the year list, a Small Rufous.

Warm but some nights have been a little cooler towards the back end of the week.

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 627 species 
 
23/07/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Small Rufous 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths 
 
Crocidosema plebejana 1 [NFG]
Cydia amplana 2 [NFY] 
Pandemis corylana 1 [NFY]
Monopis weaverella 1 [NFY] 
 
Small Rufous

Crocidosema plebejana

Cydia amplana

Cydia amplana

Monopis weaverella

Pandemis corylana

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:30