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

Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Paronix sp

Plenty of day-flying moths still present in my garden during the sunny, if breezy conditions.
I counted 2 Pyrausta aurata and 3 Adela reamurella, the latter looking past their best now.

 I also netted a rather windblown Parornix species, comparing it to the one I had dissected two weeks ago, it is probably the same species (Parornix carpinella). I have retained for gen det to be sure.

 No walk today as I felt like the breeze would have dashed my chances of actually successfully netting anything, and the trap remains off since Sunday night as we are in for a cold one tonight.

 Below is the moth compared with the one a few weeks back.


 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:16

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