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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 14 March 2014

Foggy but productive

I set the trap up last night on another clear sky, this seems to be the norm at the moment and with that bright moon over half way through the night it can't be helping.
Also every morning we have had patchy fog with temperatures close to frezing, this morning was no different.
But alas two new species for the year were recorded, Twin-spotted Quaker and Diurnea fagella with 21 moths of 7 species in total.

Catch Report - 13/03/14 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Twin-spotted Quaker [NFY]
7x Hebrew Character
4x Chestnut
2x Clouded Drab
3x Common Quaker
2x Satellite
2x March Moth

Micro Moths

1x Diurnea fagella [NFY]


Twin-spotted Quaker











Hebrew Character










Diurnea fagella

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