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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

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

What a Gem again! Plus a shock new macro

Saturday night was another succesful night, with a good variety of moths. A much smarter Acleris schalleriana, Merveille du Jours ramping up, and another Gem, the third this year now.
 
The best moth went to a completely new species for me, a magnificient Streak, the first for cambs in 12 years! I was surprised how big they were, reminding me of a Broom-tip I was took in France many years ago.
The garden list is now 35 species off of 900. 

The weather stays fairly mild, misty and murky with nights still above 10 degrees, unbelievable really.

Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 626 species

02/11/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Streak 1 [NEW!]
Black Rustic 4
Clancy's Rustic 1
Cypress Carpet 1
Double-striped Pug 2
Feathered Thorn 5
Gem 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
Merveille du Jour 5
November Moth sp 5
Red-green Carpet 3
Sprawler 1
Spruce Carpet 1
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths

Acleris schalleriana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 2
Epiphyas postvittana 7

Streak

Acleris schalleriana

Cypress Carpet

Gem

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:18

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