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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.
Please also check out the links in the sidebar to the right for other people's Blogs and informative Websites.
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.

If you have any questions or enquiries then please feel free to email me
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday 10 July 2011

Field Trip - Parndon Wood - 08/07/11

Not a bad catch at Parndon Wood, which included the expected species of this time of year from an ancient oak woodland. New species for the site included 5 new micro moth species including (big deep breath) Pempelia formosa, Ypsolopha sylvella, Zeiraphera isertana, Acrobasis consociella and a beautifully marked Eudemis profundana.
Zeiraphera isertana being completely new for my records.
The weather did present issues as it was rather cool and relatively cloud-less so the smaller amount of moths was due to this factor.
The catch consisted of 33 Macro moths and 28 Micro moths, giving a total species count of 61 species.


Catch Report - 08/07/11 - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap & 1x 22w Actinic trap

Macro Moths

1x Black Arches
1x Brown Rustic
1x Buff Arches
1x Buff-tip
2x Clay
1x Clouded Border
6x Common Footman
1x Common Rustic
1x Common White Wave
1x Double Square-spot
5x Dun-bar
1x Engrailed
2x Heart & Dart
1x July Highflyer
2x Large Yellow Underwing
1x Light Emerald
3x Mottled Beauty
1x Nut-tree Tussock
1x Peach Blossom
1x Poplar Lutestring
1x Privet Hawk-moth
3x Riband Wave
2x Rustic
2x Scalloped Oak
1x Scarce Footman
10x September Thorn
1x Single-dotted Wave
1x Small Fan-foot
4x Small Fan-footed Wave
1x Snout
1x Swallow-tailed Moth
6x Uncertain
3x Yellow-tail

Buff-tip








Buff Arches











Micro Moths

1x Zeiraphera isertana [NEW!]
1x Pempelia formosa
1x Ypsolopha sylvella
1x Acrobasis consociella
18x Conobathra repandana
3x Dipleurina lacustrata
2x Endotricha flammealis
6x Chrysoteuchia culmella
2x Eudonia pallida
3x Cnephasia sp
1x Bee Moth Aphomia sociella
2x Celypha lacunana
1x Gypsonoma sociana
3x Epagoge grotiana
3x Carcina quercana
1x Epinotia brunnichana
2x Variegated Golden Tortrix Archips xylosteana
1x Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis
2x Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana
2x Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana
1x Orthopygia glaucinalis
1x Acleris forsskaleana
1x Bird-cherry Ermine Yponomeuta evonymella
2x Aleimma loeflingiana
1x Eudemis profundana
2x Crambus pascuella
2x Scoparia ambigualis
1x Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana


Eudemis profundana









Zeiraphera isertana
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:30

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