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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

Saturday, 9 November 2013

Moths stay quiet during chilly nights

A quick update and not much to report. 
The trap went out once last week on the Wednesday and a respectable catch awaited me in the morning.
Best moth was a season first Grey Shoulder-knot.
A few Sprawlers and Spruce Carpets and plenty of micros.
Still far too cold to bother wasting electricity!

Catch Report - 06/11/13 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson trap 

 Macro Moths

1x Grey Shoulder-knot
4x Sprawler
2x Spruce Carpet
3x Chestnut
1x Angle Shades
1x Common Marbled Carpet

Micro Moths

5x Epiphyas postvittana
2x Acleris sparsana
2x Acleris schalleriana

Grey Shoulder-knot
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:09

1 comment:

  1. Andrew Cunningham9 November 2013 at 20:55

    Came across this blog via another. I would be happy with just one Sprawler.

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