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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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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Sunday, 3 November 2024

A multitude of Conistras & Carpets

A really good catch very similar to the previous night, with 19 species but quite a different cast of moths.
Best were two new species for the year, a smart Juniper Carpet and a red-shot Red-line Quaker.
 
Better still, there was a Cypress Carpet as well, this species also flies in the summer, which is when I recorded my first for the year.
 
The Conistra were out in force, the Chestnuts. All 3 were represented, Chestnut, Dark Chestnut & Black-spotted Chestnut, all 3 were previously recorded earlier on in the spring. 
 
The plume moth Emmelina monodactyla is rife at the moment, it was nice to see the different colourations, and the stunning Merveille du Jour continue to have a bumper year.
 
The weather still hangs on, but it's starting to cool down slowly now (about time really) i've never known such a mild Autumn. 
Night time temperatures still continue to hold above 10c.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 625 species

29/10/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Juniper Carpet 1 [NFY]
Red-line Quaker 1 [NFY]
Black-spotted Chestnut 1
Black Rustic 1
Blair's Shoulder-knot 1
Chestnut 1
Cypress Carpet 1
Dark Chestnut 1
Large Wainscot 3
Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
Merveille du Jour 4
November Moth sp 8
Red-green Carpet 4
Scarce Bordered Straw 1
Spruce Carpet 1

Micro Moths

Acleris sparsana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 4
Epiphyas postvittana 3
Scrobipalpa ocellatella 1

Red-line Quaker

Black-spotted Chestnut & Dark Chestnut

Cypress Carpet

Dark Chestnut

Emmelina monodactyla

Juniper Carpet

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:19

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