August Roundup - Garden report

August, in general was a funny old month. It started average temperature wise in the low to mid 20's and then by the second week we had 5 days of 30+ peaking at around 35 degrees on the 7th.

Night time temperatures were unbearable for sleeping, with at least 7 nights on a trot where the temperature did not drop below 18 degrees, in fact the warmest night was 22.5c on the 11th. 

I cannot remember it being +20c at night for such an extended period of time before.

The catches were rather sporadic and naturally went mad when it was warm, but there was a huge decrease in numbers of common species, in fact new for year species literally dried up at towards the end of August after the hot spell, and I went a full 6 trapping efforts not seeing any new species, this is most unusual.

But, it wasn't all bad. With 6 new species for the garden, pretty darn good after 8 years of trapping here.

We start on the 31st of July, the night before the month of August started.

Below are all of the new for year species.

Garden species count for 2020 now upto 460.

Catch Reports - Back Garden - Stevenage - North Herts

30/07/20

Barred Hook-tip

Common Wainscot

Flounced Rustic

Least Yellow Underwing

Waved Black

Gelechia senticetella

01/08/20

Gypsy Moth [New Garden Moth no.747]

Mouse Moth

Phoenix

White-point

Agriphila tristella

Epinotia ramella

Parapoynx stratiotata

Phyllonorycter geniculella

02/08/20

Marbled Beauty

Old Lady

Rosy Rustic

Wormwood Pug

Bryotropha affinis

Eucosma campoliliana

Pammene regiana

04/08/20

Pammene aurita

Ypsolopha sequella

Ypsolopha sylvella

05/08/20

Pammene aurita

Ypsolopha sequella

06/08/20

Ectoedemia louisella/sericopeza

07/08/20

Caloptilia falconipennella [New Garden Moth no.748]

08/08/20

Old Lady

Rosy Rustic

Wormwood Pug

Aglossa pinguinalis [New Garden Moth no.749]

Agriphila geniculea

Cedestis gysseleniella [New Garden Moth no.750]

Mompha raschkiella

09/08/20

Clay Triple-lines

Pretty Chalk Carpet [New Garden Moth no.751]

Pyralis farinalis

10/08/20

Oak Processionary

Plain Pug [New Garden Moth no.752]

Argyresthia bonnetella

Epinotia nisella

Pyrausta despicata

12/08/20

Hoary Footman

Roeslerstammia erxlebella

Ypsolopha alpella

13/08/20

Orange Swift

Cochylis dubitana

Elophila nymphaeata

15/08/20

Frosted Orange

Agriphila straminella

Cochylimorpha straminea

Cydia amplana

Udea ferrugalis

16/08/20

Currant Pug

Catoptria falsella

20/08/20

Dewick's Plusia

21/08/20

Centre-barred Sallow

22/08/20

Monopis weaverella

Aglossa pinguinalis

Caloptilia falconipennella

Cochylis dubitana

Cydia amplana

Dewick's Plusia

Elophila nymphaeata

Gypsy Moth

Waved Black