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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

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Wet, but much needed

A period of wet conditions currently, but not particularly cold or windy, with temperatures hovering around 8 degrees last night the trap was on once more.

Quite a different set of moths compared to Saturday night.

The top pair were new species for the year, the ever reliable Knot Grass, a common moth here and multi-brooded until September, and the much less common April moth, Powdered Quaker. 

Hit and miss now for the rest of the week, it's worth a punt.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 65 species


14/04/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Knot Grass 1 [NFY]
Powdered Quaker 1 [NFY]
Angle Shades 1
Brindled Beauty 3
Clouded Drab 4
Common Quaker 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Garden Carpet 2
Hebrew Character 3
Latticed Heath 1
Nut-tree Tussock 3
Streamer 1

Micro Moths 

Alucita hexadactyla 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
Epiphyas postvittana 1
 
Powdered Quaker

Knot Grass

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:46

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