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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

Monday, 31 March 2025

Quiet and cold nights

Still cold here in the east, with a frost this morning and lows of 1.6c, there were just 12 moths in the trap.

On Saturday night it was a little warmer at 8c and so the trap was deployed. Sadly the wind ruined it and the species count wasn't worth bothering with.

I did pot up a new for year Nut-tree Tussock though.

During the day I popped the EMP lure out for ther Emperor Moth, and within minutes there was one fluttering around it, potted up and calmed down for a quick photo, sadly it was the probably the most damaged of the trio! A further 2 came in after roughly half an hour, then the lure went back in the freezer (To as not to interupt the mating instincts any further).

Still cold and clear, maybe it'll pick up in a week or two.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 38 species

29/03/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Emperor Moth 1 [NFY] (To EMP Lure)
Nut-tree Tussock 1 [NFY]
 
Nut-tree Tussock

Emperor Moth

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:56

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