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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

Wednesday 11 September 2024

Butterflies at night

What a strange ole' night it was on the 5th, Butterflies... loads of them flapping around the actinic trap come the morning, in fact there were at least 20 around the garden. 
 
Butterflies can and will migrate at night if the warm airflow is heading towards land, and this is what happened, with thousands reported on the coast for at least 24 hours.
 
I certainly have never experienced anything quite like it before (bar the odd butterfly turning up rarely). 
 
Moths were pretty good, and there were around 40 species of the usual cavalry.
 
These did include two whackers, the first Blue Underwing of the year and an Old Lady nestled in the outer egg tray, as I had photographed them before I just took some quick night time snaps of the moths in situ. 

A second Clancy's Rustic was nice, as was the 2nd Vapourer Moth of the year.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 584 species
 
05/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Blue Underwing 1 [NFY]
Old Lady 1 [NFY] 

Vapourer Moth

Blue Underwing

Blue Underwing

Clancy's Rustic

Old Lady

Red Admirals at Night!

Red Admirals at Night!


Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:05

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