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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!

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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

Tuesday 3 September 2024

Numbers still fairly good for the end of summer

Numbers of moths are still pretty good here, with multiples of the common species such as White-point, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Straw Underwing & Flounced Rustic.
 
Last Friday there were no new species for the year, however the 2nd Campion and Herald of the year were worth jotting down and photographing, the Herald was only new to my garden this year.
 
Many Neocochylis are visiting the traps on a regular basis (Of course I still call them all Cochylis, it's kind of ingrained into me from the old names).
 
A single but smart hybridella was nice to get, the least common of the 4 I get here.


Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 565 species
 
30/08/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Campion 1
Herald 1

Micro Moths

Neocochylis hybridella 1

Neocochylis hybridella

Campion

Herald

 

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