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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.

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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday, 8 September 2024

September Starts Super!

The first night of the month was extremely monumental for my garden moth list.

For so late on in the year, it was great to add 3 new garden moths (normally the new additions fall between May and August, being the time for peak diversity).

All new species were rather unexpected, the first being a cracker of a Dotted Clay, a moth I took just under a month previous in Norfolk, and comparec to this fresh example it was rather tatty.

The second new one was Anarsia spartiella. There is very little of all stated foodplants in the area, let alone the county, probably a blow in from the Brecks towards the east.

Eudonia truncicolella was the most expected of the bunch, having taken it a couple of times at the nearby fen, but it still remains a fairly scarce visitor to the traps.

These three fabulous species were backed up by a further 3 new for year additions.

Other moths of note included several dark morpha of Scrobipalpa ocellatella, a much more contrasty Caloptilia honoratella, and a really fresh Aproaerema anthyllidella.


Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 580 species
 
01/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Dotted Clay 1 [NFG]

Micro Moths

Anarsia spartiella 1 [NFG]
Ancylosis oblitella 1 [NFY]
Bactra sp 1 [NFY] 
Eudonia truncicolella 1 [NFG]
Platytes cerussella 1 [NFY]

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Scrobipalpa ocellatella

Anarsia spartiella

Ancylosis oblitella

Aproaerema anthyllidella

Bactra sp

Caloptilia honoratella

Dotted Clay

Eudonia truncicolella

Platytes cerussella



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