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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

Friday 23 May 2014

They keep on coming despite cooler conditions

Another good catch last night with a further 8 new species for the year, including a garden first Shears and Enarmonia formosana.
Shears must be having a good year I reckon, having caught two the previous night at Hexton. I will photograph all three together later.
The weather continues to be rather unsettled for the end of May, and so I will probably have a break until Monday night now.


Catch Report - 22/05/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Shears [NFG]
1x Turnip Moth [NFY]
1x Scalloped Hazel [NFY]
1x Small Fan-foot [NFY]
1x Mottled Rustic [NFY]
1x Large Nutmeg [NFY]
2x Garden Carpet
1x Bright-line Brown-eye
5x Shuttle-shaped Dart
1x Poplar Hawk-moth
3x Vine's Rustic
2x Flame Shoulder
7x Rustic Shoulder-knot
4x Heart & Dart
1x Common Pug
1x Common Swift


Micro Moths 

 1x Enarmonia formosana [NFG]
1x Udea olivalis [NFY]
1x Scoparia ambigualis [NFY]
3x Epiphyas postvittana
1x Eulia ministrana
1x Phyllonorycter harrisella
1x Epiblema cynosbatella
1x Argyresthia spinosella
Small Fan-foot











Enarmonia formosana










Turnip Moth
















Trio of Shears










Mottled Rustic











Large Nutmeg













Scoparia ambigualis
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 10:13

2 comments:

  1. Martin Wainwright23 May 2014 at 18:34

    Hi Ben! More excellent moths. In case you didn't see, the Pale-shouldered Brocade/Dog's Tooth issue ended very interestingly with a 2-1 split among the three experts called in by Dave W - see http://upperthamesmoths.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dogs-tooth-and-barred-hook-tip.html#comment-form

    all warmest

    Martin

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  2. Bennyboymothman24 May 2014 at 13:43

    Just had a read.
    A tricky one indeed! but I still think the richness of the markings (very tawny) leads itself to Pale-shouldered Brocade.
    All of the Dog's Tooth I have caugt have been pale grey, but I understand there is huge variation.
    Cheers
    Ben

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