Report on a trip to Verkhoyansk 2011

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STIGMA, 11.09.2011 21:18

Good day dear forumchane!!!
Once again, for the third time, I want to present a short report on my trip to the north of Yakutia. At the congress, I told those I know, so I'll write a little here.
I will not write much, I will tell you only the main three places of stay.

1. This year was successful due to the early arrival, on June 21 I was already in Batagai, the main stronghold of our squad. The annual waiting list for a helicopter made it possible to fish well on the old places, the terraces of the Yana River. An unpleasant event was a small number of pins and mattresses, and the uncharacteristic wet summer for the Arctic regions made itself felt, butterflies, and other insects (mosquitoes, midges) turned out to be very much. Right now I realized that the main thing is to get there on time, to get to the first flight. The first two days of June 22-23, trips to the terraces were cloudy, rain often fell, but there were butterflies, primarily mass Oeneis jutta, mostly males, very rarely there were broken females Oeneis norna ssp. Chion. Apparently, eneis in these places show the seasonal nature of summer, so I thought then, because in 2009 they were in mass, and in 2010 they were completely absent. And where is Oeneis nanna, also the former in 2010? on June 24, nanna flew out in wild numbers, caught all day, three days just doing this. Along the way, I noticed that I had never seen Clossiana frigga, Clossiana tritonia and Euphydryas iduna before, as in 2009 there were Clossiana erda and Clossiana angarensis. I can also say that annual trips to the same places reveal species that have never been seen before, or have gone unnoticed. So on the terraces I met a stray Parnassius phoebus, several unidentifiable thick-heads and Sibirarctia buraetica, the first male accidentally got caught in a net, the males later came across, but I didn't have to meet the females. In addition, the bears did not stop there and on the 27th the first and only male Grammia quenseli was caught. A little later, three more females were caught. At about the same time, female Parnassius tenedius came out, flying on the terraces, but more often in the very center of the village, where it would look stupid to run with a net. Colias hyperborea yolks were very rare, there was absolutely no ubiquitous mass Colias palaeno, in the previous year it was the most massive butterfly. By the 28th-29th day, the already well-known Melitaea latonigena polaris, males and single females, flew out. As well as Mellicta menetriesi, which I previously considered Mellicta menetriesi, today at the congress I was told that this is not so, but it was also difficult to determine. Butterflies at this time, in these places you can catch up to 11-12 nights, just at this time, scoops and moths begin to fly, which also managed to catch a little. This was the end of the Batagai hunt, and on the 30th we flew to the first section. Well, a few photos:

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11.09.2011 21:28, STIGMA

2. On June 30, we flew west from Batagai (150-170 km) to the area of the Batyntai River – a large left tributary of the Yana River to the Shilgon section. On the opposite bank from us, 3 km away, there was a small village of Jergallaah. And the area even has the official administrative status of the Eveno-Batyntai National District. Actually, the first three days of setting up a camp, reconnaissance did not give the opportunity to fish. Only from July 2-3, I started to add funds to my fees. Erebia discoidalis was the first to attract attention, although it was already broken. A single female Oeneis actaeoides was caught and also ragged. Erebia dabanensis and Erebia kozhantshikovi met on a wide swampy floodplain. Unfortunately, communication with the local population did not pass us by, one day late in the evening, 12 nights in advance, apparently because of the alcohol that had run out, the local administration came to our camp, like what are we doing here, where the " bamazhka with a seal "(which unfortunately did not turn out), waving a crooked ksiva and trying tothe head of the administration, a certain Semenov ... said, literally - " I am the owner here, this is our land, we will drive you out of here, the river is deep, the current is strong, and so on." Although we did not carry out any technical work other than observations and routes, consider them tourists. We agreed that they will be contacted by our management organization and our administration in the coming days. So in such places, having any piece of paper with a seal is very useful, because communication with the local administration, which looks like a gang of homeless people with their faces torn apart from the Kazan railway station, is not a pleasant experience, especially at night. Apparently it is correct that in these parts the cost of a bottle of the cheapest vodka does not fall below a thousand.
Well, come on, to other topics. The troubles did not end there, constant night showers raised the river by three meters, the water arrived by 10 cm in half an hour and how evil all this is on my birthday on the 7th. The camp had to be partially relocated, and the water rushed into the swampy floodplain and old trees, thereby unloading the main channel and arriving very slowly. It was all smelled by butterflies, Colias viluiensis flew in the mass, I had to catch, along the way, saving lemmings from grass blades and bushes in flooded areas. I've never caught a butterfly walking or running on the water before. But the yolk fish is not bad. A day or two later, Colias hyperborea flew, and one white form came across. 7-8. 07 Erebia pawlowskii flew, but significantly different from the ubiquitous chernushka Pavlovskogo, these are slightly larger, slightly different in the general tone of the wings from the underside. 8.07 I met Hyperborea czekanowskii for the first time, I flew en masse for three days. Closer to the mountains, Clossiana frigga, Clossiana tritonia, Oeneis jutta, Clossiana angarensis, Oeneis nanna, and Clossiana freja were encountered in the following days. Erebia rossi From the night caught a couple of cocoonworms, a few metallovidok, scoops, fingerflies. Actually, this was the end of the plot, I spent five days catching all of the above. 13.07 We flew to Batagay for 3-4 days. This was the end of the trip to western Verkhoyansk.

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11.09.2011 21:42, STIGMA

3. After a short break, 18.07 went to another site, called June. It is located in the upper reaches of the Nelgese River. This area is characterized by higher elevations, up to 2000 and above. Here, as expected, the Parnassus P. phoebus and P. Eversmanni flew. The truth is not very fresh. But the places are beautiful, according to the stories, P. arcticus was found here, but at the end of July it is hardly worth waiting for it here. A distinctive feature of the area was Boloria alaskensis Boloria banghaasi. Otherwise, all the same Chernushki Pavlovsky, Newts, Erds, Hyperborea females. By July 22, the fishing season was over. And on the 30th, we set off on our own course along the river by boat for 90 km down the Nelges. I had never rafted on mountain rivers before, so I got a lot of new sensations. Along the way of rafting, polychromatic flowers often came across, which, as always, means that large nymphs flew – the season is over.

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29.09.2011 20:28, STIGMA

Grayling takes on everything that flies and crawls, I catch on a grasshopper, a dodger, on cloudy and cold days on a fly made of hair, a large one takes more than 700 gr on a small spinner.
Have you ever tried this bird? Despite all the stories and stories, it is wonderful, there is no taste or smell of fish in it. It didn't seem to me alone, all my colleagues were happy to appreciate this ptah))) In Batagai, it is also a very popular game. I have a similar thing in my homeland in Bashkiria, in the village where I was born, there are hydrogen sulfide salt springs, there are a lot of ducks there, since the river does not freeze in winter. The whole village is full of rumors about the hydrogen sulfide smell of meat, and ducks are no different from Yakut or from other areas. I have a suspicion about the special distribution of this kind of data, so as not to shoot.

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05.10.2011 17:53, Юстус

God, how long I've dreamed of fried fat minnows-the unforgettable taste of childhood...

This, of course, is aftopp, but I don't have the strength to continue pumping (I wanted to do it the day before yesterday, but I resisted, and today, "I look at the photo," and ... my strength has left me)...
This very phrase of Penzyak is worthy of the classics of otech. l-ry...
Well, in fact, - oyy! Fried minnows!..
For me too, just like for barko, -

and for me, fried minnows are a taste of childhood

"fried minnows "(this is more than fried fish) is a fkus from childhood!
My grandmother sometimes has them (fried minnows) I also poured eggs over it; for breakfast it's a hundred times tastier than scrambled eggs and bacon...
And you can also dry minnows (also from "childhood")...
Thanks again to Penzyak!

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05.10.2011 18:11, Юстус

here is one of the meetings of the Penza branch of the REO (woodcocks and teals). As well as smoked ide and stewed morels...

...damn, guys, you are not only aesthetes, but also gourmets!

Not, well, "gourmier" than gourmets IN REO, it's hard to imagine... The second day when looking at the photo (accompanied by a description) - incessant salivation (even on a "full" stomach)... Parisian gourmets "relax"!
Well, the only thing (this is me-so that the saliva does not flow), woodcocks are cooler than woodcocks. Well, "bread", if it is so "plastat", then luchche really-from the loaf to bite...
Well, these words of mine are all from envy (not "white", but the most"chooornai"). Whoo-whoo-whoo! How I want to be at such a table...

It can move these messages to a separate branch on the site... like "Entomologists gourmets", what do you say...

Good idea! If not "devour", then " see " ...

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19.11.2011 20:00, STIGMA

I'll refresh the topic. Finally, I started to spread out, removed the first batch of egg yolks, there was an annual problem, how to distinguish between male hyperboreans and viluensis? For what reasons?
And also this year, one female (white uniform?)was caught. either hyperborea, or tyche? or vilyuiskaya?. Can someone tell me?

And with one eneis, he also hung up a little (the upper male in the photo)"Who's that?". Previously, I did not meet such animals, it seems that it is from the norn-like, but not the norn (lower), later it was caught. But at the same point as octaeoides (the second one in the photo), can he be her male?

This post was edited by STIGMA - 19.11.2011 20: 57

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