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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

Thursday, 10 September 2026

France Day 5 - 26/08/26

Another night trapping on the patio of our villa, and another extraordinary array of different species.

An led trap was also placed in the adjacent lower garden which was only run for 3 hours before bedtime (And did yield 2 species that didn't come to the other lights).

Species were slowing, a slightly cooler night of 18 degrees, but it was the breeze that was the problem, gusting every 20-30 seconds, and the moths struggled I think.

Still, who can complain with species like Loryma egregialis, Nola delicata & the first of the holidays Great Darts turning up. 

Huertasiella italogallicella was the best moth of the night, quite a scarce species in Southern France, and a cracking example that I managed to quickly pot up.

There was to be one last night on Thursday night, Friday night was out of the question as we had to leave the villa at 6:15am and it was still pitch black! 

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

Macro Moths

Bryophila vandalusiae
Channel Islands Pug - Eupithecia ultimaria
Great Dart - Agrotis bigramma
Leucania zeae
Mythimna sicula
Nola delicata 

Micro Moths

Bactra venosana
Clavigesta purdeyi
Ephestia kuehniella
Ethmia dodecea
Huertasiella italogallicella 
Loryma egregialis 
Pyrausta aurata
 
Leucania zeae

Loryma egregialis

Marbled Green - Bryopsis muralis

Mythimna sicula

Nola delicata

Bactra venosana

Channel Islands Pug - Eupithecia ultimaria

Ephestia kuehniella

Great Dart - Agrotis bigramma

Huertasiella italogallicella

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 22:24