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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

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Garden catch from the 2nd of June

Another 6 new for year species greeted me on Sunday morning after a slightly cooler evening and reduced numbers.
Nothing to set the pulse racing but Epinotia bilunana isn't annual here so that was the pick of the bunch and a splash of colour from a year first Cinnabar.

Garden species count for 2018 now upto 166.

Here are the new for year species.

Catch Report - 02/06/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Cinnabar
Grey Pug
Small Dusty Wave

Micro Moths

Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella
Epinotia bilunana
Scoparia ambigualis

Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella

Cinnabar

Epinotia bilunana

Grey Pug

Small Dusty Wave

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 17:13

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