Welcome

My Blog's aim is to promote and encourage others to participate in the wonderful hobby that is Moth-trapping.
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 never know what you might find when you open up that trap!
I hope to show what different species inhabit our Country by getting people aware of what is out there.
On this Blog you will find up-to-date records and pictures.
I run a trap regularly in my garden here in Hertfordshire and enjoy doing field trips to various localities within Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

Please also check out the links in the sidebar to the right for other people's Blogs and informative Websites.

Thanks for looking & 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

Herts Recent Notables and Rarities Reported

Monday, 3 September 2012

Garden Trap - 02-09-12 - Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Mild last night but cooling by the morning, the catch didn't contain a staggering variety with 59 moths of 18 species. 

New moth for the garden was a single Cochylis hybridella.


Catch Report -02-09-12 - Back Garden Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Double-striped Pug
4x Lesser Yellow Underwing
3x Willow Beauty  
7x Brimstone  
3x Green Carpet
1x Garden Carpet
10x Square-spot Rustic
10x Large Yellow Underwing
1x Setaceous Hebrew Character
1x Marbled Beauty
1x Silver-Y

Micro Moths

2x Blastobasis adustella  
5x Agriphila geniculea
3x Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana 
2x C.culmella
1x Emmelina monodactyla

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 08:17

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