Who is it? Identification of different orders of insects

here is another riddle
in the common people "zelenka", lives under the stones weaving quite large pebbles m / zhdu themselves and attaching this household to a larger stone. The net is quite strong, you need to make an effort to break the stones between them..

Arctopsyche
ladogensis ?



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I'm not an expert in entomology, but please help me find books (or links)
on freshwater benthos in Siberia. I will be very grateful

Well caddisfly that's for sure ;D

Mantises appeared. There are very few of them this year.
I want to keep it at home . Help me determine up to the view.
P1070782-large praying mantis 5-6 cm I assume that this is a male Rivetina (Rivetina nana), caught in the steppe on the border with Kazakhstan.
P1070786-miniature praying mantis 2-2. 5 cm lives with me for a week, very capricious in nutrition. It eats small butterflies and small flies. Caught in a cherry plum orchard.
I would like to pick up pairs . Last year's experience with common praying mantises can be viewed at http://photo.bov.com.ru/m_nas/bog/Mantis_religiosa.php
Astrakhan region. Pictures taken today

Pictures:

P1070782.jpg — (121.62к)


P1070786.jpg — (127.01к)

BO

Great specimens! The first one seems to be really Rivetina, judging by the pictures on the network. But who is the second, I can't imagine. Try to identify it using the wonderful "Definitive Table of Mantises of Europe" by the respected kotbegemot:

Definitive Table of Mantises in Europe

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Is it possible to determine the types of pigeons from the scans of the underparts?

The first two were caught in Ramenskoye yesterday afternoon, and the next three species flew en masse in the vicinity of Marmaris, Turkey, in June.

It is very interesting if rivetina: I have never seen any references to her for Russia before. And the other is a nymph. I had a nymph named Mantis religiosa-very similar!

The first is really Rivetina, they are just found in the Astrakhan region.
The second is most likely religious.

The first one is really Rivetina, they are found in the Arstakhan region.
The second is most likely religious.

As for Mantis religiosa , I disagree. First, there are no black dots.
Secondly, Mantis religiosa is currently at least twice as large. I shot it last week. Do I have that dwarf instance?  The more dark they start after the second molt, after the fourth one they have a clear color.

I would very much like to know the opinion of the participants about this two-wing. Very similar to the hornet V. crabro. Body length is about 20 mm.

Spilomyia Diophtalma or another species of the genus, in the same topic just above

http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtop...ndpost&p=361849

Please identify the dragonfly. ~5-6 cm. Veteran judging by the wings.

Pictures:

P1080023.jpg — (105.89к)

As for dragonflies - the family Libellulidae. Most likely, it belongs to the genus Libellula or Orthetrum.

Please identify the dragonfly. ~5-6 cm. Veteran judging by the wings.

Old female Orthetrum albistylum.

Accidentally noticed an unusual spider. Body size approx. 5mm, net type tenet-shaped. Who's that?"

Pictures:

ssp.jpg — (48.67к)

BO

ssp.jpg
That's who it is:
http://spiders.ru/spiders/index.php?p=164
The Enoplognatha ovata spider is quite common in the Moscow Region

Thanks! I met this spider here for the first time, and since I assumed that it was a tenet cat, I became interested. According to the descriptions that I found, this species is widely distributed in our country, but it is more numerous in a wetter climate than our southern one.

Then most likely Iris polystistica. It is about 1.5-2 times smaller in size than the cow, but in the larval stage it is very similar in appearance.

I agree, if there are no spots and there is less dew, then iris.

bug 1.5 cm .Astrakhan region. Help me determine it.

Pictures:

P_1080366.jpg — (182.33к)

Help identify the praying mantis. Size 3.5-4 cm. Judging by the whiskers and wings, it's a male.
There are no black spots. Astrakhan region.

Pictures:

P1090176.jpg — (144.4 k)


P1090180.jpg — (184.24к)

Help identify the praying mantis. Size 3.5-4 cm. Judging by the whiskers and wings, it's a male.
There are no black spots. Astrakhan region.

Iris polystictica, apparently.

  Iris polystictica, apparently.

Very strange, the gray mantis was also identified as Iris polystistica. ( on page 13)
http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=42936&st=600#

Iris polystistica-has different color forms ? These two praying mantises are very different . The green male is larger than the gray one. Gray faded, no wings, suppose it's a female, why is it smaller than the male ?

The post was edited by BO. - 08.08.2006 00:24

Very strange, the gray mantis was also identified as Iris polystistica. ( on page 13)
http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=42936&st=600#

Iris polystistica-has different color forms ? These two praying mantises are very different . The green male is larger than the gray one. Gray faded, no wings, suppose it's a female, why is it smaller than the male ?

Yes, they are both green and brown. Grey-something there Rivetina
If it's faded and there are no wings , then it probably hasn't matured yet? Because the rudiments there are large, clearly a winged beast. And then it is clear why it is smaller.

Yes, they are both green and brown. Grey-something there Rivetina
If it's faded and there are no wings , then it probably hasn't matured yet? Because the rudiments there are large, clearly a winged beast. And then it is clear why it is smaller.

This is a photo of P1070786 , not P1070782.jpg -where Rivetina is actually shown. It is doubtful that single-species individuals can differ in age and appearance so much. There are about 10 different types of irises. Can't find a place to watch it? It doesn't look like the image in the caller ID at all.

Pictures:

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Irises are indeed about 10 (even more) species, but only polystictica lives in Russia... or have you discovered a new species for science
The picture you gave is crooked, besides, there is a female drawn there, and you have a male.
About the difference between the previous larva and this male. I have not yet observed mottled praying mantises (like almost all Russian praying mantises, unfortunately), but Iris oratoria has two forms - a small one (3 - 4.5 cm) and a large one (from 6 to 7.5 cm). The further south the territory is, the greater the concentration of large forms. The boundaries between them are quite clear. So it's likely that you have two different forms.
However, that larva still has to become an adult to be able to speak with confidence about the differences. And the most important test feature, if you are not sure that the male is Iris polysctictica, is the famous mottled hind wings with a large black-purple spot in the middle and concentric strokes around it. In the female, they are the same, only shortened.

This post was edited by Dracus-08.08.2006 14: 37

The picture you gave is crooked, besides, there is a female drawn there, and you have a male.

Iris oratoria has two forms - small (3-4.5 cm) and large (from 6 to 7.5 cm). The further south the territory is, the greater the concentration of large forms. The boundaries between them are quite clear. So it's likely that you have two different forms.
And the most important test feature, if you are not sure that the male is Iris polysctictica, is the famous mottled hind wings with a large black-purple spot in the middle and concentric strokes around it. In the female, they are the same, only shortened.

I have both of these praying mantises in stock. About the territory, caught in the same place +- 1 square meter at intervals of a couple of weeks. The green one is more or less clear, although I couldn't really see the wings. I'm afraid to crush it. Mantis instead of fighting stoics pretends to be dead. I'll take a look at the wings sooner or later.
But the second one, see the photo, doesn't fit the description very well. Another question is if this is one species, but different forms will they mate with each other. The size is confusing, not the color.

Pictures:

P1090247.jpg — (88.96к)

I still think it's a mottled worshipper. It also resembles the shape of the pronotum. Of course, there is an alternative, although it is very unlikely - it may be a tropical species that escaped from the terrarium and somehow miraculously reached the place of capture. If the wings are colorless after the final molt , then so it is, and this will be a rare, if not unique, case.
As for mating, I wouldn't worry if the little one turns out to be a worshipper. These are not different types or subspecies, but only forms.

2 kotbegemot:

Can you tell me about the unknown fly? The size is 5 millimeters.

http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha1.jpg

2 kotbegemot:

Can you tell me about the unknown fly? The size is 5 millimeters.

http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha1.jpg

That's where I pass...

Sorry...

Of course, there is an alternative, although it is very unlikely - it may be a tropical species that escaped from the terrarium and somehow miraculously reached the place of capture. If the wings are colorless after the final molt , then so it is, and this will be a rare, if not unique, case.

Thanks! No, this is not unique, I saw the same ones last year.

Sorry...

This fly is from the Tachinidae family

This fly is from the Tachinidae family

Thanks for that, too. More precisely, no way?

Two dragonflies are very similar, one has very dark veins on its wings. Help me determine it. Astrakhan region.

Pictures:

P_1_090427.jpg — (142.51к)


P_1090454.jpg — (130.47к)

Both dragonflies belong to the genus Sympetrum of the true dragonfly family Libellulidae. As for the upper one, I find it difficult to determine , the lower one, apparently, is an ordinary dragonfly Sympetrum vulgatum.

Both dragonflies belong to the genus Sympetrum of the true dragonfly family Libellulidae. As for the upper one , I find it difficult to determine , the lower one , apparently, is an ordinary dragonfly Sympetrum vulgatum.

Thanks! Indeed, ympetrum vulgatum is very common, when shooting there were three dragonflies together , one of them stood out with dark wings, I assumed that this was a sexual difference.

BO The upper dragonfly with dark wings is a separate, apparently some southern species. In s.vulgatum, the sexual difference is manifested in coloration: in the picture you have a female, while the male has a reddish belly. Unlike other red-bellied Sympetrum species, it is not so intensely colored.

BO The upper dragonfly with dark wings is a separate, apparently some southern species. In s.vulgatum, the sexual difference is manifested in coloration: in the picture you have a female, while the male has a reddish belly. Unlike other red-bellied Sympetrum species, it is not so intensely colored.

And not just a southern species, but, perhaps, an element of the Central Asian fauna: in books on Europe, I somehow did not meet anything like it. This dragonfly put me right in a dead end...

Now Diptera. At least to the family

http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha21.jpg
http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha31.jpg "very small!
http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha41.jpg
http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha51.jpg - small

Thank you in advance! All taken in the Moscow Region

Now Diptera. At least to the family

http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha21.jpg
http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha31.jpg "very small!
http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha41.jpg
http://nature.doublea.ru/pix/muha51.jpg - small

Thank you in advance! All shot in the Moscow region

I advise you to display photos of flies on the website www. diptera.info
There, people have already filled their eyes on the definition of the photo (the site is English-language, but you can just put a photo and write help!)

I advise you to display photos of flies on the website www. diptera.info
There, people have already filled their eyes on the definition of the photo (the site is English-language, but you can just put a photo and write help!)

Thank you, I did so

Hello, insect experts! Help identify the spider. I am almost sure that this is a krestovik, but in my opinion, it is NOT an ordinary krestovik (Araneus diadematus) - I found this name and description on the Internet. Middle lane, Irkutsk region. There must be some simple spider.
His photo is here:
http://foto.mail.ru/mail/krol75/64/65.html
(I don't know how to insert it here as a picture)
If you need a clearer back - I can post it.
Thank you all!!!