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13.06.2011 23:19, Анфим

I have two more questions.
1. I followed the links here and found out how Pirx in his book "Chestnut moth and its control in the Donetsk region" claims that measures to control this pest are mechanical cleaning of fallen leaves and toxic chemicals. As a Russian, I am worried about what is happening in our fraternal country. I would like to ask: if Ukraine was occupied, as Pirx writes, by this moth, then it is unlikely that it will be afraid of a janitor with a broom. Why not set someone on it to eat it instinctively and happily? Does the moth have no natural enemies (besides the city man, and without the chestnut moth burdened with all sorts of problems)?
2. In the picture where the female xysticus eats the unfortunate orange-bellied creature (?), there is another person involved — a fly. And in my other picture, where mizumena eats a bee, there is also a fly. The flies are small, and I noticed them only when I was looking at the finished pictures. Is this a coincidence, or is it true that there are flies in nature that are companions of spiders?

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13.06.2011 23:42, Pirx

I have two more questions.
1. I followed the links here and found out how Pirx in his book "Chestnut moth and its control in the Donetsk region" claims that measures to control this pest are mechanical cleaning of fallen leaves and toxic chemicals. As a Russian, I am worried about what is happening in our fraternal country. I would like to ask: if Ukraine was occupied, as Pirx writes, by this moth, then it is unlikely that it will be afraid of a janitor with a broom. Why not set someone on it to eat it instinctively and happily? Does the moth have no natural enemies (besides the city man, and without the chestnut moth burdened with all sorts of problems)?
2. In the picture where the female xysticus eats the unfortunate orange-bellied creature (?), there is another person involved — a fly. And in my other picture, where mizumena eats a bee, there is also a fly. The flies are small, and I noticed them only when I was looking at the finished pictures. Is this a coincidence, or is it true that there are flies in nature that are companions of spiders?

1. This is not a book, but a booklet-a compilation for information. Repeating the statement that the main measure of moth control is leaf harvesting, I also wrote about the proven chemical control measures mentioned in the literature. I can only add that neither the first nor the second will save chestnuts, and, first of all, because of their impracticability in real life. In addition, having observed the moth for three years now in Donetsk, I became convinced that cleaning the foliage is not a panacea at all, and therefore a waste of energy. As a person involved in plant protection, I treat the chemical method with great humor. As for the natural enemies of moths, they are not enough, but many research teams are looking for them. My opinion is very banal-the harm (forgive G-spody) from moths is greatly exaggerated, you don't need to do anything chemically, first of all you need to feed and water the trees, mechanically remove those rare chestnuts that have died, wait for balance. We will find a balance, we must wait for it.
2. And there are such flies, apparently. And spider parasites are not uncommon among flies...

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16.06.2011 19:43, Egorus

For Anfim
"...concluded that nabis does not feed on weevils (at least of this species)."

Once, at the beginning of a hungry April 2008, I decided to feed staphylin the magnificent.
It was only possible to catch some mummified bedbug. Unfortunately for Staf, the bug
turned out to be quite large and very hungry. At the first convergence of the "sides" -
an instantaneous injection – I didn't even have time to blink. The bug was deposited. Staphylin didn't even live an hour.
Question. Does this bug feed on staphylins of this species...?

One more question. What species does Cantharis livida feed on? Immediately the answer is-eats everything in a row…

About " ... the soul. Which asks for something. Communication there, love, recognition..."
I'll duplicate a couple of previously uploaded images. They are not staged
and that's why I really like them…

In general, pictures of such a plan as yours are most often posted in the topics "All Sorts of things" and
"Photo interactions" (I also read about food somewhere)…
http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=196453
http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=263747

Take a look, there are a lot of interesting things there.
Good luck.

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25.02.2012 17:45, Dergg

There is no sadder story in the world than the story of two Altai nomions.
They flew over the Altai meadows, indulging in love joys. And it was already coming to an end, the male almost formed a chastity belt at the end of her abdomen, but then the couple suffered a misfortune in the form of an insectivorous bird. It was not difficult for the feathered bird to catch up with the clumsily fluttering tandem and grab its larger half - the male. However, the bird was unlucky - the contact between the two bellies held together by sphragis turned out to be stronger than the joint between the belly and the chest of the cavalier, as a result of which the feathered bird got a breast with wings, and the most nutritious part of the male - the abdomen - flew further on the shocked female. However, it is correct to say that trouble does not come alone. The lady soon found her doom, too, in the large muslin bag of an entomologist who had just arrived in the area and was "mowing down" all the nomions in a row in the vain hope, as it turned out, of finding Parnassius Ariadne among them. So, the female was not destined to outlive her lover much.

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