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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

Saturday 14 September 2024

The last trapping effort before 4 nights off!

I ran my trap once more on back to back nights last Sunday/Monday and recorded a diminishing amount of species to my actinic trap.
Since then it has been far too cold to bother running it, some mornings down to 4c.
 
New for years have slumped dramatically as we slowly say good bye to summer moths, and welcome the autumn variety (much like the spring to summer lull).

Best moths were two new for the year species, an incredibly late year first fresh Pyrausta purpuralis and a proper autumn moth, the nicely toned Brindled Green.

The weather is set to turn warm, and summer might be back next week!

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 589 species
 
08/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Micro Moths
 
Pyrausta purpuralis 1 [NFY]
 
09/09/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Brindled Green 1 [NFY]

Pyrausta purpuralis

Brindled Green


 

 

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