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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

Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Micro's get blown in!

Well it was a wet, muggy and blustery day yesterday but at least the cloud stuck around and so it was time to put the trap on again.
Amongst the regular small assortment were a few moths of interest.
A Pale Prominent was my earliest garden record (previous records 19/06/13 - 14/07/14).
And I had a Stigmella aurella emerge from a Bramble leaf and also another Stigmella which lacks the 'gingery head of typical aurella'
I will get this checked out for sure.
Edit, not confirmed as Stigmella hybnerella, a new moth for me.


Catch Report -  04/05/15 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Pale Prominent [NFY]
1x Angle Shades
1x Common Quaker
3x Early Grey
1x Double-striped Pug

Micro Moths

1x Stigmella hybnerella [NFG]
1x Syndemis musculana [NFY]
1x Psyche casta [NFY]
1x Stigmella aurella [NFY]
2x Epiphyas postvittana
1x Emmelina monodactyla
2x Eriocrania subpurpurella
Syndemis musculana












Pale Prominent










Stigmella hybnerella
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:04

2 comments:

  1. Trent Duval5 May 2015 at 21:38

    P. casta ... are you finding the adult male or the female case ?
    If it's the case, where do you look ? Cheers mate

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  2. Bennyboymothman7 May 2015 at 07:52

    Hi Trent. I find them walking up the walls near my trap, only usually singles or two at the most per year.
    Cheers

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