Welcome

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, 2 November 2019

Catch Report - 01/11/19 - Stevenage - Back Garden

A great catch last night here in Stevenage, North Herts 24 moths of 17 species, was my best November catch of all time here. New for year was Sprawler. Min 12c and breezy.

 Not much to report lately, so it was nice to finally dust the camera off again!

Feathered Thorn

Sprawler

Brick

Silver Y

Satellite

Plutella xylostella

Tachystola acroxantha
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:41

3 comments:

  1. Edward Evans6 November 2019 at 19:54

    A good night there Ben. I am on Calderdale Moths, do the Rishworth posts if you don't know who I am.

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  2. Bennyboymothman7 December 2019 at 15:20

    Thanks Edward. Things have gone very quiet here now!

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  3. Edward Evans15 December 2019 at 09:01

    Same up here. Nothing at all this December. Won't stop snowing as I write this.

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