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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

Saturday 11 March 2017

GMS Friday!

20 moths of 9 species last night in my North Herts garden which is very decent comparing to last Spring's results.
nothing new but 5 Dotted border was a personal highlight having caught 17 this year so far and some years only recording two or three or none at all!

Catch Report - 10/03/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Clouded Drab
1x Common Quaker
5x Dotted Border
4x Hebrew Character
2x March Moth
2x Small Quaker
 
Micro Moths

2x Agonopterix heracliana
2x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
1x Emmelina monodactyla
 
A selection of what turned up












Dotted Border
 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 18:22

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