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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

Sunday 3 November 2024

Latest from the garden moth trap

It was a good start to last week in my garden, but it has taken this long to post about it, the main reason being that I haven't been able to photograph the selected species until Saturday! I kept opening the pots of the moths that were kept safely in the fridge, to provide fresh air for them.
I'm glad to say that all were released back into the wild safely today, albeit much later than I wanted to.
 
There was one new species for the year amongst a haul of 20 species, a lovely marked Mottled Umber.
 
Green-brindled Crescent & Black Rustics dominated the catch, with 7 and 6 examples respectively.
 
The return of a Dark Sword-grass was noteworthy, until I realised it was the same example I caught on the 23rd, 5 days earlier. There was no doubting it. Still my only record this year. 

The weather continued to be mild, particularly at night for the time of year, rarely dropping below 10c.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 623 species

28/10/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Mottled Umber 1 [NFY]
Angle Shades 2
Barred Sallow 1
Beaded Chestnut 4
Black Rustic 6
Clancy's Rustic 1
Dark Sword-grass 1
Green-brindled Crescent 7
Mallow 1
Merveille du Jour 2
November Moth sp 3
Red-green Carpet 3
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Silver Y 1
Sprawler 2

Micro Moths

Acleris schalleriana 1
Cydalima perspectalis 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Eudonia angustea 1

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Acleris schalleriana

Beaded Chestnut

Dark Sword-grass

Mottled Umber

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:08

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