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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 24 August 2024

A wee bit behind

I've been quite busy dong other things lately, and with it being the summer holidays, attention has been elsewhere.
Back on the 12th of August I had a fairly good catch, but numbers were tailing off.
 
I recorded a Cambs first Cydia amplana, there were 2 more in the county on the night after, and a flurry since then until now.
Hard to tell whether they are local progeny from last years adults, or genuine migrants. 
 
A garden first and 1 of 2, the 2nd species being the bronzy Roeslerstammia erxlebella, a regular moth for me previously in Hertfordshire.
 
A year first of Dog's Tooth & Maiden's Blush were surprises, both I usually get here in late April/early May. I guess the bad weather at the start of the year didn't help. 

Best of the rest included the pretty (but tiny) Chrysoesthia drurella, and the Breckland speciality plume, Crombrugghia distans.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 554 species
 
12/08/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dog's Tooth 1 [NFY]
Maiden's Blush 1 [NFY]
Orange Swift 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Chrysoesthia drurella 1 [NFY]
Crombrugghia distans 1 [NFY]
Cydia amplana [NFG]
Roeslerstammia erxlebella 1 [NFG]

Roeslerstammia erxlebella

Agonopterix arenella

Argyrotaenia ljungiana

Chrysoesthia drurella

Crombrugghia distans

Cydia amplana

Dog's Tooth

Maiden's Blush

Orange Swift


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:44

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