Crimea, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

March 16, 2011, Feodosia, Dvuyakornaya dolina. ... caterpillars of Cryphia raptricula...

Vladimir, I have not seen raptricle-like scoops specifically from Feodosia, but the results of checking the material from Karadag, Foros, and Kazantip indicate that they all belong to Bryophila (Bryoleuca) felina (Eversmann, 1852). Crimea is certainly big, but according to my ideas Bryophila raptricula is absent on the peninsula.

Vladimir, - good transparency and elaboration of details ! Range of shadows per square meter. Why don't you tighten the aperture by raising the ISO?, or the noise will pop out - they're not there right now.
- Do you use a macro lens?
"What's the carcass model?"
"What sharp lichens you really have! - even on cocoons they manage to reproduce!
- "klop na slake" - Tritomegas bicolor

  
Clop nazlake

Clop nazlake Okoem, 2011

.. Your daytime butterflies, for example, have already flown out?

I haven't seen it yet. I didn't go out of town during the day

... Without a passable car, of course, there is nothing to do.

It depends on where you go, you can fish well in passable places.

Andreas
I shoot as best I can. Pentax k100d + Pentax SMC D FA Macro 100mm f/2.8

that they all belong to Bryophila (Bryoleuca) felina (Eversmann, 1852). Crimea is certainly large, but according to my ideas, Bryophila raptricula is absent on the peninsula.

The view in the Crimea is definitely one. The question is whether felina is considered a good view. I'm not sure about that yet.

The view in the Crimea is definitely one. The question is whether felina is considered a good view. I'm not sure about that yet.

What are the obstacles to this?

To the dentist: a photo with the inscription about "tyutyun" smoke is great.

What are the obstacles to this?

It seems that these are really good views. However, to be sure that the small quantitative difference in genitalia is species-specific, it is good to study the preimaginal stages and / or do a molecular analysis.

To the dentist: a photo with the inscription about "tyutyun" smoke is great.

In general, I wanted to show the approximate size of this toad - I have never seen such large ones before. The fact that the frame with the inscription - noticed already doma

Yesterday I was on business by the sea of Azov.
I didn't dare go for a swim
Views of the sea and from the sea-along the sea.




In front of the sea, which is behind the buildings ,the" tongue " of the Milk estuary.



Here on the shore, we can say that the active life
of six-legged animals and so on is found.
The following images were taken in just 15 minutes.




















P.S. About the "tyutyun" smoke.
A man bought a pack of cigarettes. It says:
"Smoking reduces potency"
Returns cigarettes to the seller...
-???
"Give me another pack."

Good day! On 12.03.11 and 15.03.11, Z. Polyxena (male and female) was born from the pupa. The caterpillars were collected on 29.05.10 (post # 4943) and pupated in June.

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Wow! I also wanted to somehow start a population of polyxenes on the balcony, brought caterpillars, they pupated, and then in the spring the butterflies hatched, also earlier than the natural term, despite the fact that they wintered on the balcony. By the way, an interesting feature was that the pupae were mostly .. on the ceiling
But I threw it all away, did not plant the kirkazon, did not tighten the balcony with a net, and all the polyxns scattered.

And in nature, while polyxene is relatively far away, even in the south of Ukraine.
I was scouting today in such an area, like the "forest-steppe", in the ravines there is teren and reed, and on the slopes there are some prickly trees, they also have reddish berries that ripen in autumn, and sometimes they come across suckers
Of the blooms so far, only chistyak is rare, goose onions are also rare, reticulated crocuses are already beginning to bloom en masse, gymnosperm is not yet.

One of the pictures shows an interesting "sonyshko-nebushko" - inverted Red dots on a black background! While I was looking at it, I found a brown dog tick on my hand, as if a hint from nature - "well, a dog" )))
On the ground in abundance run various spiders and many small chernotelok, which I picked up a whole bunch to run in the terrarium.
Field crickets and tarantulas have already been dug up thoroughly, kravchiki are just beginning to dig up. This is the second time I've noticed a male T-shirt, the T-shirt itself is not shown yet, it's too early for a T-shirt, even for a shirt it's too early in such a cold spring
The average temperature of the day was about +10C, there is no wind, it is clear. The next promising day is Thursday, up to +15 in the south of Ukraine, before that it is overcast, cold and possibly snow

Well, a picture of today's moon

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Good day to all time of day. So the joy of babochkin's "fatherhood" this year has reached me. Vis jumped me for a couple of weeks, although they collected caterpillars in one day, in one place I think the fact is that Vis kept the pupae on a cold balcony, and I in the refrigerator. Well, okay, that's not the point, but here's the thing:
The caterpillars were collected on May 29, 2010 in the Obukhov district, Kiev region. Kozin, Recreation center "Mezhdurechye-3" on kirkazon.
They pupated (at me) from June 16 to June 19, 2010 (7 pieces)
That's how it was...

Pupated:



The day before hatching:




Self-hatching:







Well, the result (6 females, 1 male):



Thank you all for your attention

P.S. who can use the full size of the photo-here is the link

http://rghost.ru/4878248

This post was edited by Musson max - 03/22/2011 18: 01

Good evening!Briefly about our trip to Chatyr-Dag.Together with Alexander Shatskov (photopazages), we drove from Simferopol to s early in the morning on March 20.Perevalnoye.The ascent to the lower plateau of Chatyr-Daga was carried out along the Eagle Gorge.The main target was karst craters-the biotope Carabus (Carabus)stscheglowi Mnnh., 1827.Unfortunately, the glasses could not be placed,because the craters are covered with snow.A pair of Carabus(Tomocarabus) bessarabicus bessarabicus Fischer von Waldheim,1823, was caught on a yayl, having come out to bask in the sun.Under the stones,which were turned over quite a few,there was practically nothing.Just a few small ground beetles.Cold nights took their toll.In the Yew Gorge, a fallen beech tree was crushed,the result was not impressive-3 copies.Bolitophagus reticulatus L., 1767 and several large black horsemen.I was pleased with the weather, the salt was scorching, and non-entomological animals in the face of grazing roe deer and soaring eagles.When climbing, there are large glades of snowdrops and primroses, and on the plateau crocuses.We took a picture against the background of wall paintings-copies of covers from music CDs.Satisfied with the aesthetic beauty, we returned to Simferopol and were surprised by the cold weather.In general, we will wait for the heat.

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Wow, there's even a Zappa on Chatyrdag, who would have thought...

Guys, thanks for the Pink Floyd photo!

About the pressure cooker:
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Nature decided to make a joke on April 1?

Interestingly, from Thursday of last week until Sunday, our Tmax was OK +20C, while interseno - very weak activity of insects and tarantulas wintering in burrows, kravchiki were very poorly dug out, crickets did not really look out, tarantula burrows are clearly not all open. In general, they felt that it would cover more, and on Sunday it snowed and +3, and in the morning up to-8C frost in the outskirts. It can be seen that they are also watching the SFS in their burrows

RippeR, how about sending a report to the topic, no? And then how to drive, so immediately, and as a report, so not! )))

I join prozba. I've been waiting for your report since autumn...

RippeR, how about sending a report to the topic, no? And then how to drive, so immediately, and as a report, so not! )))

I'd love to, but we're getting a cold snap )

So spring has come to us... Every year everything repeats itself, but it doesn't make it any less wonderful...

Today, Kharkiv. Mother-and-stepmother and single (but major! ) a note on a musical stave...

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And we have nothing yet bloomed. But the snow with a thunderstorm just happened.

I also decided to put up some of my fees from last year.
My first box of sailboats.
Parnassius phoebus, Parnassius apollo and Parnassius nordmanni from the congress.
Parnassius mnemosyne and Papilio machaon from the south of the Moscow region
Iphiclides podalirius from the Crimea


Part of my Crimean fees (Southern coast of Crimea, Gurzuf village)

The other day, a forum member Zheka (from near Odessa) came to us in Melitopol, on student affairs.
By the evening of March 26, it was a little warmer. We quickly organized a fishing trip.
(In general, the departure was planned in advance, but due to the rain and cold, it almost broke down)

In the composite image-Zheka at work and a team of hunters and volunteers in the fog...
(Or we were studied by a crowd of UFOs )



It wasn't much fun on the screen. And in the oak forest, under the light of a flashlight, species began
to come across that did not want or could not fly to the light.…




On the branches of Zheka spied Xylena vetusta. (!)



On the beer bait (+a little apple cider vinegar) baited Xylena exsoleta (2ex).



And then the wingless female moths began to come across




Floaters came and went on the screen. Here is such a very cute female,
caught us in the area for the first time. (!)



Garlic plants and toads moved around…



They took it like this... (Zheka)



and so... (mini-bug from lopushka). (Egorus)



Well, for a snack exclusivchik…



Overall, the catch exceeded all my expectations.

the car is super created!

In the photo with garlic cloves, the lower right is a green toad. The rest are really garlic girls.

... and there, on the photo, it is signed...

Egorus is just GREAT!
isn't pyadenichka budashkini?

This post was edited by AGG-01.04.2011 17: 14

I don't do anything..., you need "call a friend",
or" studio help "

isn't pyadenichka budashkini?

marginaria
and leucophaearia there are 5 pieces there

This post was edited by Zhuk - 01.04.2011 17: 56

Inspired by the results of fishing near Melitopol, on 31.03 we also left for the steppe gully north of Zaporozhye.



After the winter, the result is not bad, but everything is the same as last year, even some people were not counted . Again pleased with the Perigrapha i-cinctum
Result:
Pyadenichki.
Alsophila aescularia ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
Biston strataria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Apocheima hispidaria ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
Agriopis leucophaearia ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
A. marginaria (Fabricius, [1776])
Phigalia pilosaria ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
Scoops:
Eupsilia transversa
Conistra vaccinii
Conistra rubiginosa
Lithophane ornitopus
Xylena exsoleta
Orthosia incerta
Orthosia cruda
Perigrapha i-cinctum
Anorthoa munda

The first Perigrapha i-cinctum is found behind the screen.


Spring has few colors





I wasn't bored



The next night we went to another gully upstream of the Dnieper, a difference of 5 km. the result on moth is similar, the scoop is 4 species, and the number of butterflies is several times lower.
The whole catch

Today, despite the "excellent" weather, Barry and I managed to find a lot of interesting things.
Putting out the nutcrackers:

1)Ampedus pomonae (Stephens, 1830)
NE UKRAINE,Kharkiv reg.,
Khoroshevo district, 1 km NW from
Udyanka vill. (under the Alder bark)
Shehovcov A. & Loboda B.
03.IV.2011

2)Ampedus sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
NE UKRAINE,Kharkov reg.,
Khoroshevo distr., 1 km NNE
from Bezlydovka lake. (under the bark of Scots pine)
Shehovcov A. & Loboda B.
03.IV.2011

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Khoroshevo distr.

There is no such thing. This is the Kharkiv district.

1 km NW from
Udyanka vill.

There is no such village either. There is an O. P. Udyanskaya. And the locality there is Bezlyudovka.

This post was edited by Kharkovbut-03.04.2011 23: 13

There is no such thing. This is the Kharkiv district.

There is no such village either. There is an O. P. Udyanskaya. And the locality there is Bezlyudovka.

The village definitely has that name, but it's not on the map.

The village definitely has that name, but it's not on the map.

Secret village? Udyanka-138?

Finally, we managed to leave, but not far to the Konchi-Zaspa area. The goal was to catch pomonaria and look for beetles during the day.
We stopped at the edge of a swamp


The beetles were picked up-several types of nutcrackers, black-bodied beetles,small carabids,granulatus and 3 of these, they say a good beetle-clathratus, the rest for home analysis


The goal for butterflies also seems to have been achieved -5 pomonarias arrived, the rest is all the usual for this time - three types of orthozyas (kruda in mass), munda, two types of conistras, transversa, two types of agriopis , aescularia, pilosaria and hispidaria that's all.


In general, the season is late, but open.

Today I finally fished for carabus hungarikus in the fifth year, although in some places there is snow and icebergs in the forest, but the bug climbs! He knows that they are waiting for him))))

Voot) I didn't go anywhere on purpose, I just decided to take a picture of what I saw)



And this one is a bait catch:

07.04.2011
Crimea, Perevalny village and north-eastern slopes of the lower plateau of Chatyr-Daga Mountain.
Crimean lumbago (Pulsatilla taurica)


Narrow-leaved peony (Paeonia tenuifolia)


Mistletoe white (Viscum album)


(?) Cinquefoil (Potentilla sp.)


The Bouncer


Caddis flies


Violet (Viola sp.)


Vanessa polychloros


Pieris rapae


???


Mother-and-Stepmother (Tussilago farfara)


(?) Hybrid ground squirrel (Petasites hybridus)


On the way back along the Angara River, I saw a hunting dog during the day (!!!!) a bat. I've never seen them on a day hunt before!!! You must be hungry, poor fellow!!! The animal flew like a madman, not allowing you to get good pictures, periodically sat on the cliffs along the river bank, where, in the end, it was caught with a net, photographed and released into the wild.




This post was edited by palvasru4ko-08.04.2011 01: 28

Pieris rapae

P. napi

  P. napi 

Nekrutenko, Chikolovets (2005: 35):

39 - rapae;
40-napi.
" My " bottom was yellow, without dark veins

This post was edited by palvasru4ko - 08.04.2011 01: 43