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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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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday 21 July 2024

Yet another new garden moth!

Another night and another new moth for my garden, and another macro moth to boot! Anyone who knows mothing will know that it gets harder to add new micro moths to the total garden list, but it gets even trickier to add new macros.

Double Lobed was the new macro moth, an expected species here as i've taken it locally in fairly good numbers.

A slight uptick in species overnight too on Wednesday night, with over 50 noted. The warmth was starting to be drawn in, and with lows of 15c by dawn, it was much better. 

Other notables included a nice fresh Mere Wainscot, both Delicate & L-album Wainscot, both used to be primary migrants, but are probably transistory residents now.

A trio of good micros were also potted up and photographed. They were Achroia grisella (The Lesser Wax Moth), Caloptilia honoratella (The first of the first broods, as my March record would have been from last years brood), and the delicately marked Thiodia citrana.

 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 481 species
 
17/07/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths 

Double Lobed 1 [NFG]
Mere Wainscot 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Achroia grisella 1 [NFY]
Acrobasis suavella 2 [NFY]
Thiodia citrana 1 [NFY]

Double Lobed

Mere Wainscot

Thiodia citrana

Achroia grisella

Acrobasis suavella

Caloptilia honoratella

Dark Spectacle

Delicate


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 10:13

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