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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.
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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.

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My Latest Notables and Rarities

Saturday 5 October 2024

A new moth for the garden, what a little gem

Mothing has been rather hit and miss lately, with very wet days and nights, followed by some milder days upto 16 degrees, but then followed by colder nights. Infact some nights have dropped as low as 4 degrees.

I ran the trap twice this past working week, on Wednesday and again last night.

I was rewarded with 3 new species for the year, with a lovely Pink-barred Sallow on Wednesday, and two much scarcer moths last night, one being new for the garden and the other a nationally scarce A species.

The new garden moth was a male Gem, this species is sexually dimorphic, meaning that the males differ from the females in markings. Sadly it was a rather worn out specimen, but the all count! It is the 863rd moth to be recorded in my garden so far.

The second really good moth was a year first Pale-lemon Sallow, never a common moth anywhere and I haven't heard any reportefd yet this year. It is my 2nd garden record after my first ever in 2021, so it's been missing for two years.

Other moths of note were the presence of several Blue Underwings on both nights, and L-album Wainscot & Clancy's becoming a regular occurence here now.

I couldn't also resist taking a snap of a nice fresh Red-green Carpet with its wings open.

Tonight could be worth a punt as well, good luck.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 612 species

02/10/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Pink-barred Sallow 1 [NFY]

04/10/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Gem 1 [NFG]
Pale-lemon Sallow 1 [NFY]
 
Tommie and Clif

Beaded Chestnut

Pink-barred Sallow

 
Pale-lemon Sallow

Gem

Red-green Carpet


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