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, 6 September 2026

A couple of back to back migrants

A quick post on back to back catches made on the 3rd and 4th of September.

Less moths recently as temperatures dip to around 12 degrees, not tragic but cool for this time of year in the east.

It was certainly very nice to score a Vestal on Thursday night and a shimmering white Palpita vitrealis on Friday night.

Flounced Rustic and Straw Underwing are still battling for top spot, but there are a few new contenders who's numbers are increasing, Square-spot Rustic and Vine's Rustic are getting more regular, as are Large Yellow Underwing, which is a much less common species in my garden these days.

The weather turned quite hot today for one day only, could be a good night!

 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 680 species 
 
03/09/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 

Macro Moths

Vestal 1 [NFY]

04/09/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths

Palpita vitrealis 1 [NFY]

Vestal

Palpita vitrealis

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:21