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!

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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, 1 October 2026

Some late moths on the last of the month

Some late moths arrived last night to the trap, there was a late rain shower and the patio was soaked by 10pm, so I turned the trap off and went through the trap.

In the bottom was a Southern Wainscot, my latest record to date. The latest for the county appears to be on the 3rd of October, 12 years ago, so only a few days shy of being the latest.

Then whilst I was putting the trap back together, I noticed a Pyralid on the vane. A very late Acrobasis suavella was potted up, and what was to be the latest for the county, by over two weeks! (Previous latest 13th of September).

We run again tonight on a drier but much cooler night. Not expecting much at all!
 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 699 species 
 
30/09/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Southern Wainscot 1
 
Micro Moths 
 
Acrobasis suavella 1
 
Southern Wainscot

Acrobasis suavella

 

 

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:10