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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

Friday, 18 April 2025

Latest mothy mumblings

Still ticking over quite nicely in my garden, with new species being added on a nightly basis.

Moth of the night went to a rather striking Dotted Chestnut, my annual single specimen, and in great condition too.

On the micro front, the rarely seen for me Depressaria radiella was most welcome, a real bruiser of a customer, dwarfing any others in it's family. The moth feeds on Wild Parsnip, but more commonly found on Hogweed, for which there are plentiful amounts around the village.

The weather is stable currently, with highs of between 15 and 18 degrees, but lows of 5 or 6 by the early morning.

Wind and rain is now forecast.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 74 species


16/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Chinese Character 1 [NFY]
Dotted Chestut 1 [NFY]
Pale Prominent 1 [NFY]
Brindled Beauty 1
Clouded Drab 3
Common Quaker 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Garden Carpet 1
Hebrew Character 3
Latticed Heath 1
Nut-tree Tussock 7
Powdered Quaker 1

Micro Moths 

Depressaria radiella 1 [NFY]
Elachista canapennella 1 [NFY]
Parornix sp 1 [NFY]
Epiphyas postvittana 1
 
Parornix sp

Chinese Character

Depressaria radiella

Dotted Chestnut

Pale Prominent

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:26

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