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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

Sunday 14 June 2015

Garden Trapping Catch up

Running behind on the garden lists with the field trip taking most of my time up!
This was back last week on a clear and relatively cool night and not a great deal in the trap.
The first of the Underwing's turned up and a welcome splash of green from the stunning Green Silver-lines.

Catch Report -  10/06/15 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Green Silver-lines [NFY]
1x Large Yellow Underwing [NFY]
1x Common Marbled Carpet
1x Maiden's Blush
2x Garden Carpet
3x Vine's Rustic
3x Heart & Dart
6x Common Swift
1x Flame Shoulder
1x Poplar Hawk-moth
 
Micro Moths

1x Epiphyas postvittana


Green Silver-lines

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:52

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