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 22 September 2024

A huge improvement

Quite a few nights off recently, but with a warm front pushing in again once more from the east and the south simultaneously, the temperature at night rose.

Wednesday night it was definitely worth running the trap after a warm day and with lows of 16 degrees it certainly was warm enough for plenty of moths.

Still in that end of summer lull, but new species are returning after a year away, and old familiar faces are coming back for a 2nd or 3rd brood.

There were 3 new species for the year, 2 macros and 1 micro, very pleasing after very little lately. 

Things continued to ramp up and Saturday night was an absolute corker.


Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 593 species

18/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Black Rustic 1 [NFY]
Cypress Pug 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths
 
Musotima nitidalis 1 [NFY]
 
Musotima nitidalis

Acleris schalleriana

Black Rustic

Burnished Brass

Cypress Pug

Lunar Underwing

 
 
 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:40

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