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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!

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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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My Latest Notables and Rarities

Friday 10 May 2024

What a pair!

A warm day again on Tuesday with highs of 18 degrees, but the night dipped once more under clear skies to 9.5c, not tragic, but the moths thought so!
It was a tad breezy as well, so I didn't bother netting at dusk.
 
2 more Puss Moths came to the trap, both males, and a second Epiblema scutulana was noteworthy.
 
Best moths definitely went to the classic pair of Lychnis and Campion, i've never scored both species in one night, though a couple of years ago I did get each on back-to-back nights.

These two species are quite often confused, but when you get them next to each other they become quite different. In fact I think the Lyhnis looks more like a Tawny Shears than a Campion. Of course those two are from the genus Hadena, whereas the Campion is Sideridis, but hey i'm merely waffling on!
 
A pair of micro moths were also new for the year bringing the nightly total to 4 new for year species.
 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 137 species
 
07/05/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Campion 1 [NFY]
Lychnis 1 [NFY]
Common Pug 2
Garden Carpet 2
Pale Mottled Willow 1
Pebble Prominent 1
Puss Moth 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3

Micro Moths

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella 1 [NFY]
Swammerdamia pyrella 1 [NFY]
Epiblema scutulana
Epiphyas postvittana 2

Campion

Lychnis & Campion

Lychnis

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella

Rustic Shoulder-knot

Swammerdamia pyrella

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:28

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