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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

Friday, 21 February 2025

3 weeks fallow

It's seemed like yonks since I last ran my garden moth trap, not far off a month ago to be precise.

The last two nights have been fairly mild, with lows of between 8 and 12 degrees, pretty good for the end of February, the caveat was the keen south winds we are experiencing currently.

Unfortunately that's pretty much knocked the numbers on the head, with just a couple of moths to show for it. 

The smart Satellite was nice, the March Moth was a bit ragged from the wind though!

Tonight is worth a shot, but it will be wet and still windy. 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 9 species

19/02/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Satellite 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Acleris heracliana 1 [NFY]

 

20/02/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

March Moth 1 [NFY]

Micro Moths

Acleris heracliana 1

Satellite

Agonopterix heracliana

March Moth

 

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 15:28

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