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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

Thursday 19 May 2016

A few more for the records

On Monday night I ran the trap in the garden on a relatively clear but warm night, the moon was up and at about half now and I wasn't that hopeful of anything much in the trap come the morning.


To find 4 new for the year was a bit of a surprise, but numbers were still low with just 9 moths of 7 species.


Finally something big arrived, a Poplar Hawk-moth. This time last year I had recorded 5 of 3 species of Hawk-moths!
 
Catch Report - 16/05/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap
Macro Moths

1x Poplar Hawk-moth [NFY]
1x Yellow-barred Brindle [NFY]
1x Bright-line Brown-eye [NFY]
1x Common Swift [NFY]
1x Garden Carpet
2x Brimstone Moth

Micro Moths

2x Epiphyas postvittana

Yellow-barred Brindle











Bright-line Brown-eye










Common Swift


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