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

Friday, 7 August 2026

August brings about new grass moths

Another fairly good catch to bring in August and last Sunday was warm and humid overnight.

The lack of rainfall is starting to become rather worrying, as we have only had two 15-20 minute downpours in 8 weeks now. The first one barely filled the two 80 litre water butts, and the second filled the front one, and made it half way on the back on (only coming off a small shed rood mind).

Best moth of the night went to a smashing Bordered Pug, my second for the garden and last seen 4 years ago! 

A second yearly record of Aroga velocella was also nice, a moth I see far more commonly out on the dry sandy heaths, mind you.. the garden is currently turning into one!

A few migrants also made it through, most notable was the 3rd yearly record of Dark Sword-grass.

Trying to catch up before more warm humid nights approach, this is never-ending! 

 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 641 species 
 
02/08/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Bordered Pug 1 [NFY]
 
Micro Moths

Agriphila geniculea 1 [NFY]
Agriphila selasella 1 [NFY] 
 
 
Dark Sword-grass

Agriphila geniculea

Agriphila selasella

Aroga velocella

Bordered Pug

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:52