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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

Monday, 20 May 2013

Do I try my Actinic....

Just the 6 moths last night, and just one new for the year a slightly worn Brimstone Moth. At this rate I am contemplating switching to my Actinic!
This really is all rather worrying, with people still getting singles of moths in ideal habitat.

Catch Report - 19-05-13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths  

1x Brimstone Moth [NFY]
1x Early Grey
1x Garden Carpet
2x Double-striped Pug

Micro Moths

1x Emmelina monodactyla



Brimstone Moth
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 06:35

2 comments:

  1. Trent Duval20 May 2013 at 12:41

    Definitely try the actinic.
    125 watt MV is pulling a lot of moths, but they are probably settling on trees 50 yards away !
    I couldn't even run an 80 w MV in my garden, the neighbours would go mad as it lights up the whole garden AND my two neighbours gardens, so I run twin PL 11w BL and a twin 20w BLB/15w BL tubes.
    The twin PL 2 pin BL lamp had 4 x 11w lamps, but I found that 44 watts was too bright so I halved it to two and still get plenty of moths.
    Give the BL actinic a try Ben ... you should be getting a lot more than you have been, considering your location.

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  2. Bennyboymothman20 May 2013 at 19:50

    I'm on it tonight, going to try twin 40w actinic tubes and see what I get :) I will leave my MV switched off and just dangle them either side of the funnel.

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