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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!

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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, 5 September 2026

France Day 3 - 24/08/26

Another fantastic night, although less moths and species as a result of a huge storm we experienced early evening, and we just had to be out in the hire car getting supplies in from a nearby supermarche!

Luckily we were only 6 miles away, 6 miles too far... driving in over 60mph gusts and torrential rain, debris was raining down on the car.

By late evening it looked like we hadn't any raining at all! But clear skies and a howling wind still, knocked the numbers down a bit.

But who could complain about the first Tiger Moth species of the night (And was to be the only Tiger Moth species of the trip) two stunning Cymbalophora pudica. Over the next few nights they kept returning in low numbers.

There were some lovely micros, some quite scarce such as the Tineidae Myrmecozela ataxella. An incredibly bright Etiella zinckenella was very photogenic.

Stemmatophora rungsi was the best moth, last seen in the Herault department in 2023.

Another warm day was expected on Tuesday and hopefully some lovely new moths overnight.

 
24/08/26 - Felines Minervois - Herault Department - 40w Actinic & 30w UV LED lamp
 

Macro Moths

Cryphia pallida
Cymbalophora pudica
Oak Eggar - Lasiocampa quercus
Pine Hawk-moth - Sphinx pinastri
Scopula marginepunctata

Micro Moths

Achyra nudalis 
Ancylosis cinnamomella
Duponchelia fovealis
Etiella zinckenella
Myrmecozela ataxella
Pediasia contaminella 
Stemmatophora rungsi
Tinea basifasciella 
 
Stemmatophora rungsi

Achyra nudalis

Ancylosis cinnamomella

Cryphia pallida

Cymbalophora pudica

Duponchelia fovealis

Etiella zinckenella

Myrmecozela ataxella

Scopula marginepunctata

 
 
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:23