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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

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Garden Trap 06-11-12 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire

At last some moths, and despite putting the trap out in pouring rain and then waking upto a clear sky and cold conditions I managed 8 moths.
Feathered Thorn was new for the garden.

Macro Moths

1x Feathered Thorn [NFG] 
2x Red-line Quaker
1x Yellow-line Quaker
1x Chestnut
1x Brick

Micro Moths

1x Acleris Schalleriana
1x Epiphyas postvittana

Feathered Thorn
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 07:25

2 comments:

  1. Ragged Robin7 November 2012 at 10:56

    Glad to see you are still managing to trap some moths :) and well done on the Feathered Thorn.

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  2. Bennyboymothman8 November 2012 at 07:22

    Thanks Robin, yep still getting a few and some new species for the garden aswell. Hope you are doing ok.

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