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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

Sunday 18 August 2024

Another great set of species

Still well behind as life moves far too fast to keep up with moths!
 
Last Saturday I set the trap up once more after highs of 24 degrees, it was not set to drop below around 15 degrees, despite clear skies.
 
Around 40 species were observed, but only the new species for the year or notables were photographed, recorded and then released.
I kept a Common Rustic sp which turned out to be a Lesser Common Rustic, not quite a typical specimen for this species.
 
5 new species were added to the yearly total, they included the first of many Square-spot Rustic, and the scarce Square-spotted Clay.
Micros delivered in the shape of a Bactra furfurana & Scoparia subfusca. 
 
I continued to run my trap roughly every other night last week.
 
Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 547 species
 
10/08/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Lesser Common Rustic 1 [NFY]
Square-spot Rustic 1 [NFY]
Square-spotted Clay 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Bactra furfurana 1 [NFY]
Scoparia subfusca 1 [NFY]

Square-spotted Clay

Bactra furfurana

Endothenia gentianaeana marginana

Lesser Common Rustic

Phyllocnistis sp

Scoparia subfusca

Square-spot Rustic

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:47

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