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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, 9 March 2025

A cooler night of late

By this morning, the temperature had dropped to 5 degrees, not ideal.
The catch reflected this, with just 4 species noted.
Luckily a Twin-spotted Quaker was new for the year.
 
Today in that warm sunshine, and once the breeze had abated, the ARG lure attracted a year first Pammene giganteana, the first species to a lure this year.
 
It's looking a bit rocky at night now moving forward.
 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 21 species

08/03/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Twin-spotted Quaker 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 7
Hebrew Character 2

Micro Moths 

Pammene giganteana 1 [NFY]
Emmelina monodactyla 1 
 
Twin-spotted Quaker

Pammene giganteana

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:42

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