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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

Saturday, 8 June 2013

Bits and bobs from Back garden and Parents farm

Just a quick update, had a walk around the garden and also the farm and found some more new species for the year.
I am struggling with the 2 Mompha species found in my garden, they are probably just Mompha subbistrigella, but one is very colourful for that particular species.

I shall be back up there tonight with the Herts moth group.

06-06-13 - Braughing Farmland - Daytime netting

1x Crambus lathoniellus
2x Silver-ground Carpet
7x Cinnabar
1x Epiblema costipunctana
2x Epiblema cirsiana
10x Nettle-tap Anthophila fabriciana
1x Mompha epilobiella

07-06-13 - Back garden - Daytime

1x Argyresthia trifasciata [NFG]
2x Mompha sp [NFG]
1x Angle Shades



Epiblema costipunctana









Epiblema costipunctana









Mompha epilobiella











Argyresthia trifasciata










Mompha sp










Mompha sp 2









Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:31

2 comments:

  1. Trent Duval8 June 2013 at 16:33

    The Mompha species look like "subbistrigella", but then again "sturnipennella" is very similar

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  2. Bennyboymothman9 June 2013 at 13:59

    Thanks Trent, I think they are both well-marked subbistrigella's

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