Crimea, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

Again, it is necessary to look, because" at a glance " O. curtipennis from O. tenebricosus is difficult (to put it mildly) to distinguish. And the second one is common in the south.

Well, then maybe it's tenebricosus-s...

Crimea, Chiginitra gorge, May 27, 2009. Ascent from a height of 300 m to a height of 1050 m. In the morning it is warm, partly cloudy, cloudy in the middle of the day, then light rain, the temperature at 1000 m drops to +10.


I go up to the Chiginitra gorge











Views encountered on the ascent:
Erynnis tages
Pyrgus malvae
Spialia orbifer
Carcharodus alceae
Anthocharis cardamines
Aporia crataegi
Lasiommata megera
Pararge aegeria
Proterebia afra
Vanessa cardui
Callophrys rubi
Pseudophilotes vicrama
Iphiclides podalirius



Orchid Limodorum abortivum



Jurinea sordida blooms - endemic to Crimea



Creeping juniper Juniperus sabina



Heracleum stevenii



Asphodelina lutea



On the scree - the rarest endem of the Crimea, Sobolewskia sibirica



The same clearing, or rather the edge of a beech forest (h= about 1000 m), which is indicated as the location of the Araschnia levana find. PDF1 PDF2


Found here:
Erynnis tages
Pyrgus malvae
Muschampia proto (caterpillars)
Lasiommata megera
Proterebia afra
Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa cardui
Clossiana dia
Aglais urticae (caterpillars, en masse)
Callophrys rubi
Shargacucullia verbasci


Shargacucullia verbasci



Aglais urticae



Muschampia proto



Erynnis tages



False Triangle



Chiginitra Gorge






This post was edited by okoem - 24.11.2009 00: 25

What a beauty! At first I didn't think it was Crimea! surely there must be an interesting bug ))

What a beauty! At first I didn't think it was Crimea! surely there must be an interesting bug ))

And I immediately felt that probably another gift from Vladimir. Already the soul rejoiced from the abundance of greenery... really now, especially the mountains? Then I saw that it was the end of May...

But I wouldn't say it's rare. Quite ordinary.

The same clearing, or rather the edge of a beech forest (h= about 1000 m), which is indicated as the location of the Araschnia levana find.

On the scree - the rarest endem of the Crimea, Sobolewskia sibirica

Well for those who stay at home and go to work it is rare

Araschnia levana is common here,I once caught a spring form in the summer

Or maybe some beetles can sit on this Sobolewskia sibirica, in the roots and also endemic, but you didn't take a false bed?

This post was edited by Liparus - 24.11.2009 11: 28

Or maybe some beetles can sit on this Sobolewskia sibirica, in the roots and also endemic, but you didn't take a false bed?

On sobolevskii-can, probably. And not only on it
I didn't take a false diary, I don't need it.

November 24, 2009 Kholmogorka tract to the east of Feodosia. Partly cloudy weather, temperature in the range of +14...+22. The goal is to search for Colias alfacariensis caterpillars.
Met:
Melitaea didyma (caterpillar)
Colias crocea (adults 3-4 pcs.; caterpillars of different ages in large numbers; eggs)
Colias erate (1 male)
Colias alfacariensis (13 caterpillars of different ages)
?Aporophyla sp. (tracks)
Meloe autumnalis (8 pcs.)
Meloe sp. (male and female)
staphylin
small elephants (2 pcs.)
dragonflies Sympetrum sp.
fillies


Biotopes





Herniaria besseri (Besser's hernia)



Lycopsis orientalis (eastern crooked flower)



Meloe autumnalis



Meloe sp. (male and female)




Melitaea didyma



Colias alfacariensis

Is it possible to compare the caterpillars of Colias crocea and Colias erate to post?

Even in Israel, I did not meet abscesses at this time. They are usually found in early spring.

Is it possible to compare the caterpillars of Colias crocea and Colias erate to post?

I don't have Colias erate, but I posted Colias crocea and Colias alfacariensis caterpillars in the topic " Yolks..."
http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtop...ndpost&p=973988
In the photo, it is hardly noticeable that alfacariensis, in addition to yellow and black spots, also differs in its" bristle " of black color.

Today, on November 28, it was warm and sunny in the Crimea – why sit at home? So I went to the Iosophat valley (Bakhchisarai district). I was there today for the first time. Train from Simferopol to Sevastopol. Exit in Bakhchisarai. Minibus no.2. The final stop. The ascent to the mountain began (fortunately-not steep). Soon the Holy Dormition Monastery was on the way. I draw water from the spring and continue down the valley. Soon the first buildings of the Chufut-Kale settlement (Jfut-Kale) become visible.



Goal # 1 – find the ancient Karaite cemetery (it should be somewhere nearby), and, preferably, find the grave of the famous Firkovich. Along THE WAY (OF COURSE, AS WITHOUT IT!!!) - search for insects. Avraham Samuilovich Firkovich is a well-known Karaite archaeologist and collector of antiquities. Born (year of birth according to various sources-1785, 1786, 1787) in Lutsk, in 1823 he came to live in the Crimea, in Yevpatoria. In 1830, he made a pilgrimage to Palestine, where he brought back ancient manuscripts and books. This was the beginning of his collection of antiquities. In the end, his collection of books and antiquities grew to 15,000 items, including the Bible (more precisely, the Old Testament). allegedly published in 916! From 1863 until his death (1874), he lived in the ancient settlement of Chufut-Kale, and his house is still preserved there. On the way to the cemetery, I met many Blackbirds (Turdus merula), but I managed to shoot only one more or less tolerably, and even then – a young one…



Periodically I went off the road in search of some butterflies. In the end, I find some kind of speck. I chase her through the woods for a long time, and eventually she settles down… I take pictures... I caught the butterfly later, I'll try to determine the type later… In the meantime, here's a photo…



In the end, walking along the road, without turning off, I go out to the gate…



Outside the gate, an incredible sight opens up - hundreds of ancient tombstones covered with foxes and overgrown with ivy…



So it seems that right now some "headless horseman" will skip… The feeling is indescribable, just an hour ago you were sure that it was 2009, and now it's like you're in the XV century, well, at most, in the XVII…



Soon I discover a dead ancient oak tree… This is one of the so-called "sacred oaks of the Karaites", that is, the Karaites (the ancient Karaites worshipped old oaks).



After wandering around the cemetery for a couple of hours, climbing all the way up and down, I finally found Firkovich's grave! It turned out that it was just outside the gate!



The grave, alas, was once broken by vandals, then the tombstone was partially restored. At the same time, a sign was embedded in it (by the way, the year of birth is 1785, so Firkovich is exactly 200 years older than me! ):



I left with a feeling of deep satisfaction in my soul… On the way back, I met the nymphalid Vanessa atalanta and the jaundice Colias erate (female). Unfortunately, they did not allow themselves to be photographed... I also saw a freshly crushed mantis (Mantis religiosa) on the road. I didn't think mantises would survive until the end of November! Yes, I didn't come here for nothing after all! It's a pity that there aren't enough butterflies…
Although - what kind of butterflies can there be on such flowers? –

Бабочку потом поймал, вид попытаюсь определить позже…

Operophtera brumata

  Сегодня, 28 ноября, в Крыму было тепло и солнечно – чего дома сидеть? Поэтому поехал в Иософатову долину (Бахчисарайский район). Был там сегодня впервые.

Какое все знакомое... Мы там тоже как-то позапрошлым летом в августе прогуливались. Правда не по долине - от монастыря поднялись наверх, обошли вокруг по верхам, спустились через Чуфут-Кале.

Сегодня, 28 ноября, в Крыму было тепло и солнечно – чего дома сидеть?

А я 28 ноября снова посетил Холмогорку. Было довольно ветрено, переменная облачность, +14...+19.

Пейзажи




Hippodamia variegata



Galeruca tanaceti



Colias alfacariensis



Яйцо Colias crocea, отложенное на гусеницу Colias crocea

  А я 28 ноября снова посетил Холмогорку. Было довольно ветрено, переменная облачность, +14...+19.

Ох, Владимир, снова растравили душу! Завидую черной завистью из хмурой Москвы

Сегодня в Харькове тебло и солнецчно,около +15 градусов,ветра нет совсем,поэтому красноклопы(возможно и др.) бегают по асфальтовой дорожке около моего дома=)
Хотел сьездить половить,но неразумно уже солнце садится.Сьезжу когда выпадет снег...тфу тфу тфу недай бог

Сообщение было отредактировано Liparus - 02.12.2009 17:34

  Сегодня в Харькове тебло и солнецчно,около 15 градусов,ветра нет совсем,поэтому красноклопы(возможно и др.) бегают по асфальтовой дорожке около моего дома=)
Хотел сьездить половить,но неразумно уже солнце садится.Сьезжу когда выпадет снег...тфу тфу тфу недай бог

In Lviv +10...

in Omsk -20

In Moscow region (outside my window) +9.5

Today in Kharkiv it was teblo and sunny, about +15 degrees, there is no wind at all, so krasnoklops (possibly others) run along the asphalt path near my house=)
I wanted to go fishing,but the sun is already setting unwisely.I'll go when the snow falls ... tfu tfu tfu nedai god

Do you still have snow in Kharkiv?

In Lviv +10...

in Omsk -20

In Moscow region (outside my window) +9.5

We have +7... And what a day! Well, neither here nor there! Honestly, winter would be faster! The sooner it comes, the sooner spring will come. And then - a new season!

This post was edited by Dmitrich - 02.12.2009 18: 57

We have 22 now. Nice weather. Real winter.

Lucky you! Winter - so winter! Summer - so summer! And here - what year, neither this nor that!

Lucky you! Winter - so winter! Summer - so summer! And here - what year, neither this nor that!

That's exactly neither this nor that. +5 in Budapest, rain. We're here to entertain each other with a joke about it: "When will this s****I fall end and this s****I winter finally begin?"

So we've had some bullshit in recent years. Snow is extremely rare and light, not prolonged. Every year in the middle of winter, at least a couple of days of high temperatures are recorded, around 17. In winter, a slushy, disgusting gray atmosphere is often recorded, instead of a pleasant snowy winter.
Today, the temperature has risen again, somewhere around 15 or more was in the afternoon. Yes, what can I say, I have a whole 20 degrees in my room. instead of the traditional 15

And today I opened the winter fishing season. I visited the surroundings of Ordzhonikidze village (a suburb of Feodosia)-the mountains of Jan-Kutaran and Vasyukovka.
Weather +16 ... 20, clear, wind about 5 m/s. Animals are scarce-Plutella xylostella, Nomophila noctuella, Pieris rapae (caterpillar), Colias crocea (caterpillar), Arctia festiva (caterpillar), as well as scoop caterpillars, Meloe autumnalis, small elephants, dragonfly Sympetrum sp., as well as flies, eardrums, spiders, ticks - that seems to be all...

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Animals are scarce-Plutella xylostella, Nomophila noctuella, Pieris rapae (caterpillar), Colias crocea (caterpillar), Arctia festiva (caterpillar), as well as scoop caterpillars, Meloe autumnalis, small elephants, dragonfly Sympetrum sp., as well as flies, eardrums, spiders, ticks - that seems to be all...

Not enough???

dragonfly Sympetrum sp.

What kind of view - couldn't be installed? No photo? Interesting...

What kind of view - couldn't be installed? No photo? Interesting...

Not... I don't know much about this kind of thing (Sympetrum). So I didn't even try to look at it. But, apparently, something like vulgatum or striolatum. A week or two ago, I met many more of them. If I see any more in the near future, I'll take a look.

But, apparently, something like vulgatum or striolatum.

Probably striolatum. Your vulgatum seems to be rare. In our country, these species fly "all the way". Although there is still a fonscolombii in Crimea - I don't know how long it has been flying. At the end of September, I saw young imagos, while striolatum were already "adults".

Well, then maybe fonscolombii.

Not enough???

Not enough, because that's all there was for the whole day. For comparison, today I met Colias crocea (3 pcs), Colias erate (1), Lycaena phlaeas (1), Plutella xylostella (many), Colias caterpillars and a scoop, dragonflies, a couple of beetle species, flies, spiders in the immediate vicinity of my house in about forty minutes... Weather: sunny, calm, +12.
I noticed that now in the steppe you can find clearly more greenery and wildlife, in contrast to the foothills. In late winter and early spring, with the same weather, everything happens quite the opposite.

December male Colias erate



Sympetrum sp.

we do not fly such fresh supplies in summer

  Sympetrum sp.

The female is S. striolatum. And the male, it seems, too.

But in Haifa +22 and butterflies fly

Something is not in the subject got. I read 79 pages, where they talked about the weather, and inserted my own in the same place.

Today, the Kharkiv Museum of Nature hosted a solemn meeting with Yunakov N. N. The long-awaited guest was met by a delegation of museum employees, headed by Liparus, with its traditional huge black bag stuffed to overflowing with all sorts of weevils... Of course (as it turned out later) in the vast majority of incorrectly defined on мolbiol.ru...

After the traditional tea party, Nikolai Nikolaevich began to analyze this extensive material...


"Wow," I said... Oh, my God! I've never seen one like it...


- What else is interesting here...


- It is credited as follows... Liparus is designated as responsible for the Entiminae group! Immediately prepare an order for appointment to a new position.

Today, a solemn meeting with Yunakov N. N. took place at the Kharkiv Museum of Nature.

Funny pictures, it turns out, we have in the museum hang on the cabinets...

Probably the museum is also interested in butterflies...

Probably the museum is also interested in butterflies...

.. at night.

Funny pictures, it turns out, we have in the museum hang on the cabinets...

Well, the museum is worse than many other jobs... Everyone equips according to their own taste.

It is so pleasing when it is winter outside, and at home there are parts of summer
My first Hyles gallii came out on December 18