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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

Friday 19 July 2024

Latest from the home trap - Autumn already?

A warm night on Sunday night following some rather dramatic sharp showers during the day. 
The huidity was good though and there were plenty of moths in and around the trap come Monday morning.
Highlights were my earliest Rosy Rustic by a month (maybe a worrying highlight) Autumn is just around the corner apparently!
Tawny Wave was also great to get again, they had a really good year last year with over 10 specimens, this is the first for the year, and later than expected.
 
An Ephestia was retained that looked a bit odd (maybe a worn Vitula biviella).

During the daytime, an Nemapogon koenigi was attracted to the HYL lure.

The weather has really hotted up now, and is currently 22 degrees at 10am.
 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 468 species
 
14/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dingy Footman 1 [NFY]
Rosy Rustic 1 [NFY]
Tawny Wave 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Phyllocnistis sp 1 (probably xenia) (TBC) [NFY]
Plutella porrectella 1 [NFY]
Prays fraxinella 1 [NFY]
Tischeria ekebladella 1 [NFY]

Tischeria ekebladella

Dingy Footman

Heart & Club

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Nemapogon koenigi

Phyllocnistis sp

Plutella porrectella

Prays fraxinella

Rosy Rustic

Tawny Wave

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 10:28

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