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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!

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
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Friday, 2 October 2009

CLOUDED YELLOW!!


I'm primarily a Moth man as you all know, but this got me excited! I was up my Mum and Dad's house sorting my car out today when I noticed an orangey/yellow Butterfly fluttering about the now dead thistles on the farmland.
I managed to net it easily as it seemed quite dopey, it was as fresh as anything and i've never seen one in this Country as close as this...

Now a question i'd like to ask.... is this a migrant or is there a slight possibility that its an offspring and that they have actually successfully breeded in Hertfordshire? the last one I saw was in Hatfield Forest back in June, so they've been around a while now!
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:20

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 October 2009 at 09:14

    I`d go for a migrant, Ben. Rumour as it, that there was a 2nd arrival recently.
    I`ve still not had one, this year.

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  2. Bennyboymothman3 October 2009 at 10:52

    Cheers Dean, yes apparently they've only managed to breed in Sussex

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