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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, 14 April 2025

Another load of new moths

A similar catch to Friday night, Saturday night yielded yet more variety and some scarcer Carpet species putting in an appearance.

Moth of the night was only my 2nd garden record of Water Carpet (last seen in 2023). 

Despite the milder temperatures of 10c, the micros were really a no-show, or was it because I was out and didn't work the trap after dusk, who knows.

The FUN lure attracted the first Pammene suspectana of the year. 

We enter a quiet period not probably, with lower night time temperatures and firmly in-between seasons.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 63 species


12/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Brindled Pug 1 [NFY]
Chocolate-tip 1 [NFY]
Least Black Arches 1 [NFY]
Oak-tree Pug 1 [NFY]
Streamer 2 [NFY]
Water Carpet 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 2
Clouded Drab 1
Common Quaker 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Garden Carpet 2
Hebrew Character 2
Nut-tree Tussock 1

Micro Moths 

Pammene suspectana 1 [NFY] (to fun lure)
Epiphyas postvittana 1
Mompha epilobiella 1
 
Water Carpet

Chocolate-tip

Least Black Arches

Mompha epilobiella

Oak-tree Pug

Pammene suspectana

Streamer

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:23

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