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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!

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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

Monday, 5 July 2010

Great Oak Beauties

My favourite of the beauties, these are really huge especially the big females, these two were trapped in mature oak woodland and numbered 15+ which is exceptional for such a local moth.

Two are shown for variation.


Great Oak Beauty








Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:39

3 comments:

  1. Trent Duval5 July 2010 at 21:11

    Nice moths Ben...Don't see those in my garden, there are no mature oaks in the vicinity.

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  2. Skev5 July 2010 at 22:01

    Could do with that species here in VC55. Pale Oak Beauty has increased markedly in the last few years, but no increase in Satin Beauty in same period and not a sniff of Great Oak.

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  3. Bennyboymothman6 July 2010 at 08:08

    It's only time guys! apparently Pale Oak was rare around these parts 30 years ago, now its a regular to my Garden and several places i've visited it can be common, though i've never had a Great Oak in my Garden!

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