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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, 1 June 2010

The Garden Moth Trap - Monday night

Pretty good night last night with another 5 species added to the year list, best of the bunch were Large Nutmeg, Coxcomb Prominent, Cinnabar and a lovely fresh Eyed Hawk-moth.
Quite cool again last night at about 9c but good amounts of cloud cover and rain again forecast for today (but I suppose we need it as the ground is rock solid)


Pictures


Cinnabar








Coxcomb Prominent








Eyed Hawk-moth








Large Nutmeg









Buff-tip








Common Wainscot







Maiden's Blush










Catch Report - Hatfield Broad Oak - 31/05/10 - 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Coxcomb Prominent [NFY]
2x Cinnabar [NFY]
1x Eyed Hawk-moth [NFY]
1x Large Nutmeg [NFY]
1x Maiden's Blush
1x Buff-tip
1x Mottled Pug
4x Common Pug
2x Oak-tree Pug
1x Pale Prominent
1x V-pug
4x Heart & Dart
1x Muslin Moth
2x Buff Ermine
1x Brimstone Moth
8x Common Swift
1x Lychnis
1x Common Wainscot
1x Flame Shoulder
1x Pale Mottled Willow
1x Nutmeg
6x Rustic Shoulder-knot


Micro Moths

1x Brown House-moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella [NFY]
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:47

4 comments:

  1. MartinWainwright1 June 2010 at 15:22

    Hi Ben, sorry not to have commented for ages. All I can say is: I'm jealous! Leeds never did quite match up to Essex for numbers and variety of moths; still, it's pretty good up here too and after two previous years of light-trapping, I'm still getting new arrivals. All warm wishes (and congrats, too, on your meticulous database. I don't have a sufficiently scientific mind. Martin.

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  2. Billy Dykes1 June 2010 at 18:08

    Cheers for following and putting a link to the Surrey Moths & Butterflies blog, Ben. Much appreciated. I'll do the same with yours.

    Bill

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  3. Unknown2 June 2010 at 01:07

    Ben, this is a really interesting site. i never really thought about moths much. i am curious about a "moth trap." how do you make one? i'm curious and think the kids would like it.

    ian

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  4. JRandSue7 June 2010 at 18:27

    Wow what a fine catch,brilliant collection Ben.
    John.

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