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The question of Noctuidae

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ftry, 22.05.2012 17:11

I don't know if I'm writing in the right section, but still a question:
What is the smallest scoop of Crimea? (however, I think it is also the smallest in Ukraine and in the middle zone of Russia).

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22.05.2012 18:44, svm2

Well, let's say E. minutata is less than 15-17mm. But that's all Erebidae

This post was edited by svm2 - 05/22/2012 19: 35

18.01.2013 18:37, niyaz

Is it really true that one of the most skittish scoops is Trachea atriplicis, or was it just my imagination? It would seem like an ordinary scoop, but its behavior when fishing for light is different from others. This scoop lands on the screen just like the others, but when you try to get close to it, it immediately takes off and flies away. If this is indeed confirmed, then what is the explanation for this behavior? The presence of a specific gene?

18.01.2013 19:59, AGG

you just need to let it calm down, if you catch it within the city limits, then look on the walls of surrounding buildings that are not so well lit, if "in the field", then on the grass/bushes at the border of the illuminated zone. when the butterfly calms down, you can offer your palm and push it from behind so that it crawls there. here Catocala sponsa is clearly hysterical, day or night, even "pretty drunk" - but this is my personal opinion.

18.01.2013 20:23, okoem

but when you try to approach it, it immediately takes off and flies away.

In my experience, quite a few butterfly species behave similarly. For example, E. polygramma, Ch. chalcites, Alucitidae.

18.01.2013 21:37, chebur

According to my observations, the most secretive scooper is Parascotia fuliginaria. All the time it tries to hide in some crevice or crawl away into the shade, sits down on the border of the illuminated area and is quite shy.
But I've never had any problems with Trachea atriplicis. Always sits down in plain sight, behaves in my opinion not at all timid. One of the most common scoops.

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