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, 13 May 2023

Still pretty dismal

Another slow night on Thursday night, in fact the weather was so bad yesterday evening with a horrible wind that I didn't even bother last night.

Luckily on Thursday night, 2 new species were present. A lovely Coronet that blended in well with the lichen on the patio slabs, and the twitchy Tinea trinotella, a nightmare of a genus to photograph as they rarely sit still.

The most numerous was Platyedra subcinerea which feeds on Mallow, a species of plant that grows in our alleway, and of which I just weeded and mowed round.

 
Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 117 species
 
11/05/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Coronet 1 [NFY]
Muslin Moth 1
Iron Prominent 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
 
Micro Moths
 
Tinea trinotella 1 [NFY]
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Platyedra subcinerea 7

Coronet

Tinea trinotella


 

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