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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

Saturday 20 July 2024

A new for garden Macro Moth

Tuesday night wasn't particularly warm, hovering at around 12c at the coolest part of the night, but it was calm and dry, and so the trap was switched on at 9:30pm and run all night.

There weren't many moths come the morning of a pretty paltry 32 species, but it did include my first garden record of the Herald, 3 years in the making! A little tatty but very welcome all the same.

Other highlights included the pretty peachy Rosy Footman, two species of Pug (Again a bit worn and probably bedraggled by the sharp showers we've had recently).

The only new macro moth for the year, were a pair of Aroga velocella. An infrequent visitor here in my garden and right little tinkers to photograph with their darting-like movements.

The temperature in the day and the night continued to build as the week went on.

 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 476 species
 
16/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Haworth's Pug 1 [NFY]
Herald 1 [NFY]
Rosy Footman 1 [NFY]
White-spotted Pug 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Aroga velocella 2 [NFY]

White-spotted Pug

Aroga velocella

Haworth's Pug

Herald

Rosy Footman

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:57

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