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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

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Sunday 23 May 2010

Field Trip - Braughing - Saturday night

Decided that because this warm weather is not likely to last that i'd run 3 traps at my parents house in Braughing, just over the border and into Hertfordshire.
Again a clear sky was forecast and it was abit chilly, but with temperatures reaching 28c daytime, it took quite a while after sunset to cool down.
I trapped from 9.45pm until 12.30pm and the catch included 3 first's for me, the best a single Sandy Carpet, backed up by the Micro's Cochylis atricapitana & Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta.

Pictures


Sandy Carpet








Cochylis atricapitana










Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta









Common Wave








Green Carpet









Latticed Heath










Pseudargyrotoza conwagana









Silver-ground Carpet











Catch Report - Braughing - 21/05/10 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap - 1x 160w MBT DIY Robinson Trap


Macro Moths

1x Sandy Carpet [NEW]
1x Purple Bar [NFY]
2x Silver-ground Carpet [NFY]
1x Marbled Minor sp. [NFY]
1x Common Wave [NFY]
21x Green Carpet
5x Brimstone Moth
2x Common Swift
4x Flame Shoulder
5x Waved Umber
13x Latticed Heath
9x Red Twin-spot Carpet
2x Pale Tussock
3x Hebrew Character
7x Rustic Shoulder-knot
3x Common Pug
4x Mottled Pug
2x Brindled Pug
1x V-Pug
1x Spectacle
2x Scorched Carpet
1x Common Carpet
2x Orange Footman
2x Clouded Silver
1x Shuttle-shaped Dart
2x Nut-tree Tussock
2x White Ermine


Micro Moths

1x Cochylis atricapitana [NEW]
1x Thistle Ermine Myelois circumvoluta [NEW]
1x Celypha lacunana [NFY]
2x Agapeta hamana [NFY]
1x White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella [NFY]
1x Pseudargyrotoza conwagana [NFY]
1x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella
1x Agonopterix heracliana
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 08:51

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