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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!

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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 March 2025

Warming up once more

A very quiet spell during the middle part of March, things have improved recently though with species reaching the double figure mark, numbers still relatively low for the time of year though.

On Wednesday night the pick of catch were 3 newbies, Clouded Drab (3), Double-striped Pug (1) & Small Quaker (1) all three are around 2 weeks late compared with last years data.
 
I'm also still down on last years species count, in fact i'm 18 species behind on this same date.
 
Only the Clouded Drabs were worth photographing really, as the DSP shot off during its photoshoot, and the Small Quaker was horribly worn. 

A second Twin-spotted Quaker was also nice, a sandy-coloured specimen this time.
 
And a rather smart vivid Hebrew Character was also nice.
 
At dusk I netted two Lyonetia clerkella, one dark form and one light form.
 
Looks reasonable tonight after a somewhat muggy and murky day.
 

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 25 species

19/03/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Clouded Drab 3 [NFY]
Double-striped Pug 1 [NFY]
Small Quaker 1 [NFY]
Common Quaker 4
Hebrew Character 3
March Moth 2
Pine Beauty 1
Twin-spotted Quaker 1

Micro Moths 

Lyonetia clerkella 2 [NFY] - Netted at Dusk
Diurnea fagella 2
Emmelina monodactyla 1 

Twin-spotted Quaker

Clouded Drab

Clouded Drabs


Hebrew Character

Lyonetia clerkella






Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:05

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