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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.
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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.

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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Friday, 30 April 2010

Field Trip - Parndon Wood - Wednesday night

A good catch from Parndon Wood with a few new site ticks to boot.
Highlights for the macro's were Maiden's Blush and Oak Hook-tip.
For the micro's Adela reumurella (a day flying micro which in the males sports huge antennae) and Incurvaria masculella (which has beautiful combed antennae) were the highlights.


Very mild at about 13c all night...but not as many Moths about as I would have expected.

Only downer was that my 40w Actinic shattered as I trod on it!


Pictures


Swallow Prominent









Maiden's Blush









Oak Hook-tip










Chocolate-tip









Purple Thorn









Incurvaria masculella










Adela reumurella - Male




















Adela reumurella - Female











Catch Report - Tuesday 28th April 2010 - Parndon Wood - 160w Robinson Trap w/White hanging sheet & ground sheets


Macro Moths

1x Maiden's Blush [NFY]
1x Oak Hook-tip [NFY]
1x Swallow Prominent [NFY]
4x Chestnut
3x Chocolate-tip
4x Common Quaker
1x Double-striped Pug
2x Brindled Pug
3x Hebrew Character
2x Least Black Arches
6x Lunar Marbled Brown
4x Nut-tree Tussock
6x Purple Thorn
1x Satellite
5x Small Quaker


Micro Moths

14x Adela reumurella [NFY]
1x Incurvaria masculella [NFY]
9x Eriocrania subpurpurella
5x Epinotia immundana
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:03

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