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

Sunday 21 July 2024

More new moths as things hot up!

We are now getting weather that we should have got in June! Sadly a little late for a lot of my target species this year as we approach mid Summer, there's always next year.

Moth continue to dazzle though, with a lovely Scarce Silver-lines and a silky Oak Hook-tip in the trap on Thursday night. 

Several slightly large Batia lunaris were measured for the rare lambdella, sadly, too small (They need to be 8mm+ long generally, leading to a 16-20mm wingspan).
 
A further 4 micros were added to the year list.
 
Finally, the night time temperatures are extremely favourable for some mothy action.

 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 486 species
 
18/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths 

Scarce Silver-lines 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths 

Ectoedemia heringella 2 [NFY]
Metzneria lappella 1 [NFY]
Phyllonorycter trifasciella 1 [NFY]
Stenoptilia pterodactyla 1 [NFY]

Stenoptilia pterodactyla

Batia lunaris

Cydia fagiglandana

Dichrorampha vancouverana

Ectoedemia heringella

Metzneria lappella

Oak Hook-tip

Phyllonorycter trifasciella

Scarce Silver-lines


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