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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

Monday 12 September 2016

End of August catch



This catch is from the 23rd of August and featured a nice selection of moths.

New for the year were 2 Lesser-spotted Pinion (last seen in 2012!), Small Waved Umber, Latticed Heath, Ypsolopha parenthesella, Scrobipalpa costella and the migrant moth White-point so very pleasing indeed.

Amongst 3 tatty Vine's Rustic was a really stunning coloured one with striking cross-bands that really did deserve a photograph.

Initially unknowingly, a trio of micros were new for the garden...a single Pea Moth or Cydia nigricana, Epinotia tenerana and Galleria mellonella were all garden firsts and now brings the total micro moth list for the garden to 277 species

Definitely quality over quantity!!
 
Catch Report - 23/08/16 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap
 
Macro Moths

Latticed Heath 1 [NFY]
Lesser Spotted Pinion 2 [NFY]
Small Waved Umber 1 [NFY] 
Angle Shades 2
Blood-vein 1
Burnished Brass 1
Cabbage Moth 1
Common Rustic 2
Dun-bar 3
Flame Shoulder 1
Garden Carpet 2
Green Carpet 1
Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
Maiden's Blush 3
Riband Wave 1
September Thorn 1
Straw Dot 1
Vine's Rustic 4
Yellow Shell 1

Micro Moths

Cydia nigricana 1 [NFG] 
Epinotia tenerana 1 [NFG]
Galleria mellonella 1 [NFG]
Scrobipalpa costella 1 [NFY]
Udea ferrugalis 1 [NFY]
Ypsolopha parenthesella 1 [NFY]
Acrobasis advenella 1 
Argyrotaenia ljungiana 1
Blastobasis adustella 1
Celypha lacunana 2 
Eudemis profundana 1
Hypsopygia costalis 1
Pyrausta aurata 1


Lesser-spotted Pinion











Scrobipalpa costella












Udea ferrugalis













Ypsolopha parenthesella











Vine's Rustic













White-point
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 19:43

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