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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!

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.

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My Latest Notables and Rarities

Monday, 15 July 2024

A welcome variety of moths

A much better night was had last Wednesday night, with lows of 16 degrees, it was still 19 degrees at midnight when I turned in for the night.

A few more welcome species were added to the year list.

It was nice to finally get a Lesser Swallow Prominent, I didn't get any of the first broods, but the sister 'Swallow Prominent' has been prevalent since early April, only having a break since early June, will I get anymore I wonder? or will it be a poor year for them in my garden?

Three species of Thorn were recorded, Early, Canary-shouldered and August. With the latter two being new for the year.

Patania ruralis (The Mother of Pearl) was very late to put in an appearance this year, a bedraggled specimen it was to be. Since, I have recorded 1 or 2 most nights now.

A cracking Cochylis hybridella was worthy of a photo, a much brighter moth than my year first back on the 26th of June.

3 micros were also added to the year list.

The weather has been pretty mundane to be honest, one night lately I gave up at 10pm because of the wind and rain, although there is talk of it warming up on Wedneasday, fingers and toes crossed!

Only new for year species listed below.
 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 459 species
 
10/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

August Thorn 1 [NFY]
Brown-line Bright-eye 2 [NFY]
Canary-shouldered Thorn 1 [NFY]
Lesser Swallow Prominent 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Assara terebrella 1 [NFY]
Elachista canapennella 1 [NFY]
Patania ruralis 1 [NFY]
Rhyacionia buoliana 1 [NFY]

Rhyacionia buoliana

Assara terebrella

August Thorn

Brown-line Bright-eye

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Cochylis hybridella

Elachista canapennella

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Parapoynx stratiotata



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