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Garden Catch 06/07/18 - A continuing theme A continuing theme recently with back to back catches in the garden to take advantage of the warm weather, this week in July was just sweltering...with highs of nearly 30 degrees and minimum night time lows of around 16 degrees! So it was time to break out the 250w clear for the occasion.

September Thorn was a new for year, a moth that really needs a common name change! It is a regular second to third week July moth, with stragglers into August. I have yet to record it in September!

Oncocera semirubella was a new Micro moth for the garden, a tatty individual unfortunately and also new for my garden was the Ringed China-mark Parapoynx stratiotata. Both species excpected eventually but it might be a while before I see them again as the former is associated with chalk grassland and the latter wetland. After those two..to get a third new species for the garden was extremely pleasing, in the shape of the plume moth Stenoptilia pterodactyla.

It was good to record Zelleria hepariella, an unsual moth and only my second garden record (After the first just last year).

Agriphila straminella was a good 2 weeks early looking back on 12 years of data, I guess the warm weather is speeding species emergence times up somewhat.

Garden species count for 2018 now upto 335.

Here are the new for year species.

Catch Report - 06/07/18 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

Lesser Yellow Underwing Old Lady September Thorn

Micro Moths

Oncocera semirubella [NFG] Parapoynx stratiotata [NFG] Stenoptilia pterodactyla [NFG] Agriphila straminella Cydia splendana Pammene fasciana Yponomeuta rorrella Ypsolopha sequella