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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

Sunday, 30 April 2017

Wecome to the norm

Last night in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
Just 4 moths to my MV Robinson Trap.

Emmelina monodactyla
Early Grey (getting on for my latest record ever)
Pebble Prominent [NFY]
Shuttle-shaped Dart

A mainly cloudy night but cool by this morning again and a little blowy.
This is one of the worst transitional periods most of us experience every year moth trapping, it's normally dictated by the weather from my experience and these cold nights are having a detrimental affect on moths for me at the moment.

Hopefully things pick up soon.

Pebble Proninent











Shuttle-shaped Dart
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:32

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