Crimea, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

Good day to all! Not a big report for lemonia dumi 12.10 Donetsk region. Shakhtersky district, Zaroshchenskoe village. Arrived at 11.20, it was very sunny and warm and immediately got out of the car caught the first male. I came to the place, stood for 15 minutes and here it is the second. Of course, it flies a lot, but you can't catch up with everyone, and in order to catch it, you need to pass a 100-meter distance better than five, it's good that instead of a net, I took a fishing hook with a long handle and a fine net. The females flew after 12.20, but since it was necessary to leave by 13.00, I caught only two pcs., they are caught a little easier because they fly over the grass. There were also yellowbirds from crocea, huale, and erate, as well as a lot of yazykans and all sorts of micra. Here is a photo of the lemony catch.

Good day to all! Not a big report for lemonia dumi 12.10 Donetsk region. Shakhtersky district, Zaroshchenskoe village. Here is a photo of the lemony catch.

A-a-a-a-a-a-afiget!!!1

Good day to all! Not a big report for lemonia dumi 12.10 Donetsk region. Shakhtersky district, Zaroshchenskoe village. Arrived at 11.20, it was very sunny and warm and immediately got out of the car caught the first male. I came to the place, stood for 15 minutes and here it is the second. Of course, it flies a lot, but you can't catch up with everyone, and in order to catch it, you need to pass a 100-meter distance better than five, it's good that instead of a net, I took a fishing hook with a long handle and a fine net. The females flew after 12.20, but since it was necessary to leave by 13.00, I caught only two pcs., they are caught a little easier because they fly over the grass. There were also yellowbirds from crocea, huale, and erate, as well as a lot of yazykans and all sorts of micra. Here is a photo of the lemony catch.

What kind of biofuel is there? Is there a small river nearby?

What kind of biofuel is there? Is there a small river nearby?

Yes, there is no river or pond there, a virgin field with clay-rocky soil and a small forest (planting). But in our region, I met it in different biotopes, including near water bodies, but in all cases there were fields with various grasses.

Good day to all. I went to drive L. dumi again today, Donetsk region, Shakhtersky district, Zaroshchenskoe village. It was warm +24, sunny and windless. We arrived at 10.30, and the first male flew out at 11.45. In general, today was not an important year, I saw about a dozen lemonias, chased four, caught one. By 13.00 the flight had stopped altogether. Actually, a photo of the biotope and a captured male on a HAIL impeller found on the same field

Oh, the familiar piece of hardware! We have, however, already collected almost everything, so as not to confuse the people. Only in the middle of the field, one Smerch shaft remained as a monument. Lemonius, on the other hand, had never seen it. Although, perhaps, because I get out of the city at this time of year, usually in the late afternoon-years of ants to watch. With +24, I think you were a little overreacted, there are no such temperatures in the shade in the Donbass now, and you are not supposed to measure them in the sun.

This post was edited by ENO - 19.10.2019 19: 43

Oh, the familiar piece of hardware! We have, however, already collected almost everything, so as not to confuse the people. Only in the middle of the field, one Smerch shaft remained as a monument. Lemonius, on the other hand, had never seen it. Although, perhaps, because I get out of the city at this time of year, usually in the late afternoon-years of ants to watch. With +24, I think you were a little overreacted, there are no such temperatures in the shade in the Donbass now, and you are not supposed to measure them in the sun.

Yes, dear ENO looked exactly at the sun, since the thermometer is located on the sunny side.

In this case, it is practically useless.

I'll bring up an old topic.
There was once a discussion here about the definition of Dyscia conspersaria / innocentaria, and it started with my report - http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=1322188
Then the discussion turned to the topic of Ennominae, but to my great regret, it irrevocably disappeared... And although I stopped at the opinion that this is innocentaria, doubts about this remained until now.
And here on the website of Alexander Andrianov a fresh update, Dyscia from the same places, genitals identified as conspersaria!
http://lepidoptera.com.ua/GEOMETRIDAE/Dysc...onspersaria.htm

December of this year was quite warm in the south of Ukraine. All last week, except maybe Thursday and Friday, the temperature was about 10-12 degrees Celsius, this week 12-13 degrees Celsius, today less than 10 degrees Celsius. Mostly the days are dark, there are fogs, but yesterday and today it was sunny. On Monday evening I went to the Dnieper river floodplains, where it was not very interesting, except that only sleepy soldiers and ladybirds come across. On Tuesday, when it was already dark, I went out to the park, and there was life on the tree trunks - bedbugs, small beetles and spiders, mosquitoes, small ants. But today in general an amazing thing happened - through the open window to my apartment flew yazykan! And while I went to get my phone to take a picture of it, I already managed to hide somewhere in the room. I hope he has a good winter with me.

In a heated room without food? Unlikely.

Well, if that's the case, then I'll unsubscribe.
Hello everyone
The day before yesterday it was warm and sunny. Then I sooooo went to refuel (the car with gas, myself with coffee), and sooooo came back with a new look for myself! There's a mix of oak, maple, acacia, and all sorts of nonsense in this sector, right next to the plantation gas station. And pine trees are quite powerfully represented. There are dry maples, so under their bark I first found a colony of Adelina turcica (blackbirds), got a few pieces of Bruchidius dorsalis, a couple of Chilocorus bipustulatus, and of course spiders, bedbugs, ants. And here is some black furry bug, like anobiid, but at home I looked closely-no, not anobiid. I searched for a long time, there is no such species on Zina, but finally I found it-Aplocnemus impressus from Dasytidae. New look! I settled down to spend the winter. And tellingly, the elytra was found in the subcutaneous debris, black, with a bright orange spot at the base. Divales bipustulatus, I believe. Also from daxitid. I carefully glued it to the die, scored the labels. Let it be displayed like this for now. And next year I'll catch a whole one.
Here. Do you have a plan, Mr. Fogs?" Got it!

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09.03.2020
We have an early spring this year. They fly, buzz, and some even mate...

Hello everyone
On Friday, I went with a friend and his little daughter to Rezeni, about 30 km from Chisinau. I wasn't going to write a report (I didn't take a photo), but tonight joy filled my heart and here:
It was a reconnaissance mission, but since it wasn't winter, we decided to go early. There are a lot of beetles - on the settled slopes of the hill, kravchiki epterus and three species of dorkash appeared en masse: cinerariums, pussilums and tauricums, and a couple of holoseritseums. T-shirts violaceums - also a lot. Four species from cleonini are Stephanocleonus tetragrammus, Cleonis pigra, Pseudocleonus cinereus, and Cyphocleonus dealbatus. Among the interesting finds-Cassida canaliculata, a piece of infrequent hipper-Hypera postica and arator. I was jumping there in full view of a grazing cow when I found three Parophonus mendax under a bush. Last year there was one random find, and I really wanted to add to the series. Still, here's how to order.By the way, this plastic, six small pieces, I laid out greetings from home on the hill three years ago, and now every season I open these "traps"with an inspection
Now, where the joy comes from. Somewhere in the late 2000s, Andrey Zubov wrote in his report from Rezen that he had "seemingly" found Meloe uralensis (there was no photo). I looked at Zina's photo and doubted where Moldova is and where uralensis is! But it came to mind, and every trip to Reseni I had this beetle in mind. But how many years have passed, hope is almost dead. We don't have uralensis.
And as of course everyone has already guessed, uralensis was found. Moreover, when we were already going to go home by the car. Igor showed his stain with the catch. I planted them a little earlier, near mixed acacia and oak plantings. I look, there are two T-shirts in the bank, f.. b...!!! and it's time to go home, and then a hundred devils grabbed me. How can I get the beetles out of this butterfly man without him understanding?! But he came to his senses. I came to my senses. Quickly left in the car, went to the point. We quickly arrived, I quickly found a couple more uralensis. They drove me home for a hundred, but I managed to do it.
At home. Over the weekend, I straightened out everything I needed, identified it, and I'm sitting here waiting for a parcel from Moscow (it's already on mold. customs). One bug is undetectable, lixus. I listed all the lixins on the Internet. No. Just in case, I went through the cleonines (there is a good site for them, a lot of photos https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Cleon...9466feedb946d08 ) This evening I walked through ZIN for the third time. Found. How could I have missed it twice!? It turned out to be Lixus punctirostris. Then the joy came. The only instance so far. But in the collection - the nineteenth type.
Like that. Again, it was too long. Well, let it be. Don't erase it!

Hello everyone I was yesterday (04.04.20) in the steppe, a gully near the village of Burgunka, most of the time from the top to the top of the road. And it's kind of warm, and the wind is cool in the morning and late afternoon. Teren has faded or is still blooming, many irises and Bug tulips have also already faded, but in the lower part they can still be found blooming. There are not many types of butterflies flying. The usual ones are turnip, rutabaga, and dawn. There were motes of either purpuraria or cruentaria, as well as a few field mother-of-pearl, 1 chervonets plamennyi, 1 tolstogolovka tages, 1 or 2 pontii edusa. Podaliris and polyxenes haven't flown out yet, but swallowtails have - I saw a couple of individuals. Lemongrass trees most likely also flew, but in the lower part of the beam, but I went there after 4 pm, and there were very few people there to meet. I remember that in other gullies they disappeared somewhere by 3 pm in early April, and by 6 pm in July. I also noticed that there are no beetles - field horses - either. I also saw people in a car, and foxes 2 times, and the second time on the outskirts of the village.

































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Caterpillar-Ethmia candidella.
March 28 was in the mountains-very dry, like in summer. There are almost no forest flowers, they didn't grow this year. Almost no green is visible, except that a lot of evergreen shade. Ten years ago, at this time, streams flowed everywhere, mud slurped underfoot, and now even the soil is completely dry. Of the non-wintering butterflies, 2 - 3 dawns and one male argiolus met during the whole day.

By the way, yes, we are also a little dry. In general, it rained in the first half of March. There is greenery in the pod of gullies among bushes and trees.

This post was edited by Wave Storm-04/05/2020 22: 06

Tomares nogelii helicopters are already flying in full swing in the Kherson region, probably a month earlier than usual.

Christ is risen!

In the Kherson region, Pseudophilotes bavius and Triphysa phryne are also flying now-1 pc each. I saw it today (maybe I would have seen more if the sky hadn't been overcast and all the butterflies were hidden).

And 1 more giant scolia, already, on April 19.

This post was edited by Wave Storm - 04/19/2020 23: 02

I also decided to make a photo report. Places, however, are not the most picturesque, and the quality of the photo is not very high-what to expect from a soap dish.
17.04.020 Alexandrovka district( the same one where the madhouse is located), the coast of the Bolshoy Adzhalyksky (Daufinovsky)
estuary in the upper branches area. I divided the photos into albums, part one-introduction.
https://ibb.co/album/hsm1tj
And I give captions to photos here:
01, 02-screenshots of the map;
03-fresh arm (on the map on the left), in the background a madhouse;
04-salty arm (on the map on the right);
05-the main part of the estuary (sea view).

Part two-the scythe
https://ibb.co/album/7bz82B
01-view of the spit from above;
02-view of the right bank from the spit;
03-this dog kept me company;
04, 05-water snake;
06, 07-acquaintance;
08-Brachinus hamatus;
09, 10-Scarites terricola;
11 - Gryllotalpa ? unispina.

Part three-eardrums
https://ibb.co/album/rRnqx7
01 - Formica ? cunicularia;
02,03-Cataglyphis aenescens;
04-Solenopsis fugax;
05, 06-Camponotus;
07-Messor structor
08, 09-Eucera nigrilabris, male;
10-13-Eu. nigrilabris, females.

Part Four-Plates
https://ibb.co/album/HXh5HV
01-03-emissions and moves of the mole rat Nannospalax leucodon. Fresh moves
are not sealed yet, visible after removing the mound.
04-06-Onthophagus kindermanni," close friend " of the mole rat;
07, 08-O. lucidus;
09-Tropinota hirta
; 10-crustacean larva (? Amphimallon, Holochelus);
11-Lethrus apterus;
12-Holochelus pilicollis, (pictured already at home).

Part five - phytophages.
https://ibb.co/album/NrVZ97
01-Echium vulgare rosette, and its gourmets:
02, 03-Mogulones korbi;
04-06-Longitarsus ? linnaei (or maybe echii);
07-rosette of Onopordon, and its gourmet:
08 - Psylliodes chalcomera;
09 - Cassida canaliculata;
10, 11 - Brachycerus junix.

Part Six-Conclusion
https://ibb.co/album/Y4twjk
01, 02 - Acinopus;
03, 04 - Meloe uralensis;
05, 06 - Gnaptor spinimanus.

Part Four-Plates
https://ibb.co/album/HXh5HV
01-03-emissions and moves of the mole rat Nannospalax leucodon. Fresh moves
are not sealed yet, visible after removing the mound.
04-06-Onthophagus kindermanni," close friend " of the mole rat;
07, 08-O. lucidus;
09-Tropinota hirta
; 10-crustacean larva (? Amphimallon, Holochelus);
11-Lethrus apterus;
12-Holochelus pilicollis, (pictured already at home).

Everything is great! Thank you very much.
Just one question - why is Onthophagus kindermann a "close friend" of the mole rat; I didn't find anything about this on the Web.

How come I didn't find it?!! The first line of the search engine gives a link to our note posted on the page. There are also other works, such as Merkl with co-authors on Hungary. As far as the co-author told me, we were slightly ahead of the Romanians, but I don't have a corresponding job, although I didn't look for it.
Thank you very much for your interest, it's nice to see your thanks! I would try very hard-but that's bad luck, drought, no fishing...

Thank you. I found several works in Russian (I suspect that you are one of the authors) dedicated to the dung farmers of the Odessa region. One species from Aphodia was found in "Mole rat emissions", kinderman is said to be (mostly) under manure, and only one indication is near the burrows of the speckled ground squirrel. The topic of friendship with the mole rat is not disclosed.
I'm not interested in anything. First, I want to catch for myself, I still have one copy, caught in years in Rezen, and secondly, one good person from Moscow has long been asking to catch for him. Already crying. And now he's even sick.
In Rezeni (30 km south of Chisinau), I was caught twice in the settled areas, all in years, so it is there. But I've never seen it in manure. Piles of discarded earth are present, and quite a few. Maybe they're mole rats, so do you look right into them, or try to dig a hole? And how deep? Can be dear stierlyz, in a nutshell chegonit advise.

Thank you. I found several works in Russian (I suspect that you are one of the authors) dedicated to the dung farmers of the Odessa region. One species from Aphodia was found in "Mole rat emissions", kinderman is said to be (mostly) under manure, and only one indication is near the burrows of the speckled ground squirrel. The topic of friendship with the mole rat is not disclosed.
I'm not interested in anything. First, I want to catch for myself, I still have one copy, caught in years in Rezen, and secondly, one good person from Moscow has long been asking to catch for him. Already crying. And now he's even sick.
In Rezeni (30 km south of Chisinau), I was caught twice in the settled areas, all in years, so it is there. But I've never seen it in manure. Piles of discarded earth are present, and quite a few. Maybe they're mole rats, so do you look right into them, or try to dig a hole? And how deep? Can be dear stierlyz, in a nutshell chegonit advise.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/32...ntia_Spalacidae

So the fact of the matter is that while our article was stuck in the collection for years, we collected additional material in a small amount, and quickly stamped the note www.researchgate.net/publication/324656637, which was ahead of the article in terms of time! And here's the job for Hungary: www.researchgate.net/publication/275715792.
I apologize for the offtop, but someone was clearly banned
from Google. P. S. The links I provided open perfectly, copy them to the address bar. And it's a bit late to dig a mole rat (look at the dates when they caught the beetle with you!), but you can try it.
"Nag the Shura Chegar, cut! " (c).

This post was edited by stierlyz - 05/07/2020 15: 51

Thank you, Andrey and Dmitry. The link didn't open, of course, but on Monday I am seriously determined to go to Rezeny and disturb the mole rat in his house. Let him, in the end, be responsible for "friends". I'll take a friend with a camera with me, we'll approach the matter in a scientific way. A report to the studio goes without saying.

Oh yes, Onthophagus kindermanni is a gorgeous beetle.. who would have caught it for me :D Really do not know what to offer in exchange, I live in the north-west of Bashkiria and nothing super interesting here, alas, is not found.

Hello everyone
Today I went to Reseni with a high scientific goal-to catch Onthophagus kindermanni. And not anyhow, with my navel, for example (my only kinderman cut into my navel, on the labels I wrote "in years"), but purposefully gutting the burrows of mole rats. I'll tell you right away, I didn't catch it.
Maybe they weren't even mole rats. It looks like very decent piles of soil, earth and clay, there are no fresh ones at all. But it doesn't look like moles. In some cases, the entrance has been preserved, more often to the side of the pile, or even near it, or half a meter away. Quite wide, the arm almost up to the elbow entered, if without a bend. I don't know, the mole rat digs them - they're quite long, I dug one about three meters long until I got tired of it. With side branches, 5-10 cm below the ground surface. Areas with piles of soil, densely covered with such moves. Maybe ground squirrels, or mice? Any hamsters?" In one place, near the entrance to the burrow, a couple of Blaps mortisaga were caught. Kinderman yoke.
But there were interesting finds - two new species of lixus, Lixus tibialis and Lixus myagri (I'm lucky to have lixuses this year). So it paid off not only this trip, but also the next Very strange leaf beetle, the size of Chrysolina fastuosa, appearance-Ch. herbacea. But not him. Three interesting species of nutcrackers from the pre-flowering hawthorn, one mass - Cardiophorus discicollis, I haven't figured out the rest yet. With them, millions of Isomira antennata, aleculidka poured in. Diachromus germanus crawled alone along the road, and under the rocks a couple of Harpalus caspius. So it seems to me. I took a few pieces of Protaetia ungarica, ate a thistle bush. I don't remember what caught two Blitopertha lineolata. In short, a little of everything. I had a good trip.

The post was edited by A. Chegar. - 05/12/2020 00: 29

Mole rats settle in steppe areas (the mole does not live there), their rows are often b.m. straight (the mole-never), the hills are larger. I recommend following the trail. a year to pick in the spring. How's Till: Tiefe Brunnen muß man graben / Wenn man klares Wasser will.

hmm well, once one flew, then the others fly as well.. Tell me, how exactly did you disembowel the burrows? Mink bottom and side walls?. Maybe try some "shithead" traps ? you can also offer a rotten one for one, because some types of Ontophages fly to the rotten one (if of course there is such an opportunity and a desire to mess with traps)

Thank you all for your feedback and advice.
The conclusion from what I have seen and read is this: piles of earth are still a mole rat. There are also gopher holes, gophers live in them, they seem to be habitable. This is noticeable. These are not moles, but real moles, and fresh and old ones are noticeably smaller. In some piles, somewhere in the middle, you can guess a failed entrance to the hole, a depression. Digging in this place did not give any results, everything is clogged with earth. I strongly suspect that the minks I've been digging up aren't really mole rats. It doesn't even matter whose. And the proximity of piles and burrows is accidental. A hamster or mouse does not throw such piles of earth.
I tried to explore at least 10 piles. (Digging with my hands and chisel). All of them are old, swollen, but not last year's. But if they are early-spring, then it's fine.
The only thing I didn't understand was how kinderman and mole rat are related. Does the beetle constantly live there, reproduce, hibernate, and visit for unknown purposes? Answer who knows, at least in a nutshell.

Well, if it is really confined to the Mole Rats, then yes, it lives and reproduces there (in the blind man's moves).