Welcome

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

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

cooler, breezier, the moths go quiet

A pretty poor night on a Good Friday (supposedly) with low numbers of common species present.

There was however a hint of migration, with Silver Y & Plutella xylostella to the trap as I was packing away at midnight, so with those two, I decided to leave it running for a further 5hrs.

And.... it wasn't worth it. There was nothing new come the morning, typical!

Other highlights included a year first Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) netted during the day, and my first melanic form of Nut-tree Tussock for my garden, a common form back in Hertfordshire looking back at my photographs.

Weather still a bit samey, and just not quite warm enough for a foray into the field.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 89 species


18/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Silver Y 1 [NFY]
Nut-tree Tussock f.melanotica 1

Micro Moths 

Plutella xylostella 1 [NFY]
Pyrausta aurata 1 [NFY] 

Silver Y

Nut-tree Tussock f.melanotica

Plutella xylostella

Pyrausta aurata


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