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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

Thursday, 17 April 2025

Cambs earliest Barred Hook-tip!

The weather still remains a bit unsettled, but warmer days are helping, it's still just a little chilly at night but the moths have to fly at some point! 
 
There were 3 new species for 2025, the best were Cambs earliest record of a Barred Hook-tip, and a lovely Pinion-spotted Pug, sadly deceased (which I missed out on last year).

A rather dark Lunar Marbled Brown was the 3rd moth and amazingly rarer than the Pinion-spotted Pug, with just 1 previous garden record in 2023.
 
Numbers not too bad for my garden with Brindled Beauty at its peak currently.
 
The trap remains on and when the wind dies down, netting at dusk is the order of the day.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 68 species


15/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Barred Hook-tip 1 [NFY]
Lunar Marbled Brown 1 [NFY]
Pinion-spotted Pug 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 6
Brindled Pug 1
Clouded Drab 5
Common Quaker 4
Double-striped Pug 2
Hebrew Character 1
Muslin Moth 2
Nut-tree Tussock 4
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Spectacle 1

Micro Moths 

Emmelina monodactyla 1
 
Pinion-spotted Pug

Barred Hook-tip

Lunar Marbled Brown

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 21:11

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