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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

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Garden Trap - 16-10-12 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire


Awfully wet and windy this morning, after going to bed at 10pm and seeing clear skies, it was rather unexpected, but the temperature must have rose a shade as it encouraged the moths to venture out at some point in the night.

Acleris notana/ferrugana was new for the garden, although I am pretty sure it is ferrugana as we have no Birch in the vicinity, and plenty of mature Oaks at the bottom of the garden.

 

Catch Report -16-10-12 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 26w Blacklight/ 1x 22w Actinic  Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

2x Brick
3x Yellow-line Quaker
1x Garden Carpet
1x Green-brindled Crescent
  
Micro Moths
 
Acleris notana/ferrugana (gen det required) [NFG]


Acleris notana/ferrugana











Green-brindled Crescent ab.capucino











 
Brick & Yellow-line Quaker

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