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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

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

The Garden Moth Trap - Monday night

Well the warm weather did not last, yesterday was much cooler with a biting easterely wind again, the evening was clear and windy and the temperature went down to 4c this morning.
On inspecting the trap and egg trays, there was more than I expected but what lacked in species count was soon to make up for in the shape of a Dotted Chestnut, only my second record of this scarce Moth (having taken 1 last year on the 10th of April to the 40w Actinic) this time attracted to my 160w MBT bulb.
In the half light it looks slightly worn compared to last year's vibrant coloured specimen.
Also an aberrant Early Grey was noted.


Pictures


Dotted Chestnut










Early Grey (aberration)









Catch Report - Hatfield Broad Oak - 12/04/10 - 160w MBT Robinson Trap


Macro Moths

1x Dotted Chestnut [NFY]
1x Early Thorn
2x Clouded Drab
3x Small Quaker
22x Common Quaker
6x Hebrew Character
11x Early Grey


Micro Moths

None recorded!
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:40

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 April 2010 at 09:25

    Well done Ben. Dotted Chestnut is on my want to see list.

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  2. Broom Birder13 April 2010 at 13:56

    Nice catch! I've still yet to see one of these.
    M

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  3. Bennyboymothman13 April 2010 at 14:27

    Thanks Dean & Matt, yes it is a superb Moth, and it's smaller than I always imagine it to be! a little bigger than a small Quaker.

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