Where can you find butterflies, caterpillars or pupae in mid-March?

Come on... They are not found anywhere( I saw "nibbles" on the grass like this, I don't know what it's called, green, and then such spikelets climb from it... Mmm, how to explain, you can't stroke them against the "wool", but that's not the point, there is a lot of grass, there are not very "nibbles", there are no caterpillars near them... I also found gnawed dereza bushes, started searching, found a wasp nest, almost crushed it, then found two tarantulas in a "fight", and " Oh Finally!"-there were larvae of some beetles...
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Tomorrow I will continue my search elsewhere

Wow I thought now the butterflies laid their eggs only recently and the caterpillars may be there but they are very small...

The butterflies laid their eggs last summer, fall, and winter. In the Crimea, you can find caterpillars almost all year round, except when there is snow. But.. you need experience.

Come on... They are not found anywhere( I saw "nibbles" on the grass like this, I don't know what it's called, green, and then such spikelets climb from it... Mmm, how to explain, you can't stroke them against the "wool", but that's not the point, there is a lot of grass, there are not very "nibbles", there are no caterpillars near them... I also found some gnawed dereza bushes,

I don't believe you have only two types of plants growing there!
On the grain - it was gnawed by satyrs, scoops or thickheads. The first two feed at night, but hide during the day, so you need to look at dusk or at night with a flashlight. And fatheads disguise themselves, roll up blades of grass in a tube and sit there. They're hard to spot if you're not experienced.
Well, the future-those plants that you don't know - take photos and post them here to make it clear what you're talking about.
Collecting techniques, collecting caterpillars - this is what I have been constantly doing for the last few years. So I'll help you in any way I can.
By the way, try to shake the caterpillars from the branches. Place a white cloth under the branch and hit the branch with a stick. "Process" is best oak, elm fruit trees. But other breeds, too, of course. A lot of animals attack, and not just caterpillars.

Oooh)) I lied! I found one caterpillar! Identified it as Canephora hirsuta:

Found it! There's a little thing on the currant and a white-yellow caterpillar on the cherry, probably nothing interesting, right? All were wrapped in a leaf. Small but still nice
(I'll post the photo a little later)

Martix, if wrapped in a leaf, it's not really anything interesting, but it's probably some kind of small butterfly.
Here I do not know, if you still have podaliri fly, then you can track where they lay eggs, and then grow caterpillars, the same smaoe and with swallowtails. But at least they don't fly much anymore, but there will be another generation and then another! Here is ka ktolko new butterflies will fly, then you can follow them. Their pupae overwinter.

Soon there will be another interesting and easily found caterpillars - euphorbia hawkmoth, they feed during the day, but many of them are infected with flies, but I often happened that I already brought an adult caterpillar and a butterfly hatched. And then there are macroglossums-yazykans, you can also follow them where they lay their eggs, and then bring out the caterpillar. In general, hatching from eggs is the simplest and most reliable way, and if you collect adult caterpillars, then there is a very high probability that they will be infected with all sorts of flies.

So the fact is that when swallowtails, podaliriyas, hawkmoth and any butterflies on the wind, lay eggs, they fly slowly, periodically touch the tip of the abdomen of a blade of grass or a leaf and fly a little further, and again touch the plant's abdomen. At this point, you need to follow them. Podaliriyas curl over the trees, the only problem is that they curl almost over the tops, so if the tree is high, then as they say , you need to put up with it, but if it is teren or low apricot or plum, then you can easily pick a leaf with an egg.
And swallowtails are laid on umbrella all sorts, there is nothing complicated at all, the main thing is to notice such a butterfly that is engaged in laying, and you can collect eggs.
It's the same with tongues - they lay their eggs on low grass, bedstraw or something similar.
Milkweed hawks live on milkweeds, yes, their caterpillars are beautiful, and noticeable, and huge enough, well, there is a horn of course
Still often come across the caterpillars of poplar hawkmoth, when they crawl to pupate or are knocked down by wind, rain, in general, caterpillars are not rare, only if you pay attention

I even could not think that there is something there after my "inspections" I did not notice a single scratch on the leaves)) But you really need to try to get cold feet=)

Today they laid cloth under the oaks and knocked on the branches. Caterpillars of various kinds rained down...