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And here's my catch from yesterday

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And here's my catch from yesterday

What is Cassida? (black)

What is Cassida? (black)

Cassida atrata Fabricius, 1787

In Kharkiv and the region, it has been raining for the second week, and this has not happened in the last 5 years...The sun came out at lunchtime today.
22.IV.2015 NE Ukraine, Kharkov, Kominternovskiy distr., Kar`er lake. 49°56'15.54"N, 36°15'54.26"E.

Osmia males ?cornuta, rest when clouds cover the sun, feeding on Apricot and wild Violet flowers...Males are ten times more numerous than females. A female with two horns on her head that look like mandibles!
Mating of Staphylinus caesareus, came across under sheets of plastic, plywood and plastic bags...

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Mating of Staphylinus ?caesareus

The question mark can be removed-on.

Cassida atrata Fabricius, 1787

I caught one of them here, threw it away, I thought the abbreviation was green..

Good afternoon. I'm new to the forum. Tell me how to attach a photo to a message.

Good afternoon. I'm new to the forum. Tell me how to attach a photo to a message.

On the left is the "Advanced Form" button, then at the bottom "Browse" and "Attach this file"
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Thank you very much.I'll post the catch the day before yesterday

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Here's more. Sorry for the quality. I take a picture on my phone

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I'll post the catch the day before yesterday

And where exactly is the catch coming from?

I will join the question Where is the catch from?
And another tip. SamPavel, it is better to edit hymenoptera "like butterflies": that is, through tracing paper, and not piercing their wings with pins. Why do you need holes when you can do without them?

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 26.04.2015 23: 30

Catch from Ukraine. Donetsk region Krasnolimansky district, village of Koroviy Yar

On weekends I went to Trukhanov and Bald Mountain in Kiev. Fresh C. rubi, C. argiolus, P. napi, P. rapae, A. cardamines, A. levana, and I. lathonia fly.
From beetles run Carabus cancellatus, C. convexus, C. scabriusculus, C. coriaceus. I haven't seen Dorkadonov yet.

A couple more from last year.

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Are there labels for impaled insects?

I used to write labels by hand, but now I want to make them in an electronic version. Maybe someone knows how to do it in Word I will be grateful. And so all Latin is written in the diary, respectively, in boxes and mattresses I leave a label with the date and a link to the diar

The night of 26.04.2015 is lunar and very windy, almost nothing flew. I enjoyed the day. I haven't caught up with Polixena yet

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I used to write labels by hand, but now I want to make them in an electronic version. Maybe someone knows how to do it in Word I will be grateful. And so all Latin is recorded in the diary, respectively, in boxes and mattresses I leave a label with the date and a link to the diary

If it suits you: http://rghost.ru/6XD7DktWx
The date is entered in a blank field.
There, you can adjust the geography for yourself, etc.
UPD. Still defining "under the size": http://rghost.ru/7kT5hstt8

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 28.04.2015 12: 47

Thank you very much!!!

Visited on Monday, 27.04, the Dnieper estuary between the village of Aleksandrovka and Stanislav. I wanted to find Zegris Euphema. But she didn't meet. Of the whiteflies, there were turnips, turnips, cabbage leaves, and both southern and saffron yolks. From other butterflies - field mother-of-pearl and the rest in the photo. Especially a lot of gray moth, which I have not yet identified. From the beetles, I noticed kravchikov and the new horse Calomera littoralis (these horses on the bank of the rampart).














This post was edited by Wave Storm - 04/29/2015 17: 47

In general, this year many butterflies will probably be later than usual. For example, Pseudophilotes bavius last year was already at this time. And this year, not only is it not there yet, but its forage plant - drooping sage-has not even released stems with flowers yet. Yes, and from other pigeons so far I have seen only Lycaena phlaeas and Celastrina argiolus.

Especially a lot of gray moth, which I have not yet identified.

Lithostege griseata
the one with the red Lythria purpuraria

Svyatogorsk (Slavyanogorsk) the edge of a coniferous forest with an admixture of birch

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Caught the same polixena!!!)))Bear pupae, I think that Kaya, and then we'll see. Krushchi at night on the DRL 250

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Yesterday I decided to take a walk in the woods. Since in the last report (see post # URL # 3686) I was not able to describe my area in detail due to the lack of photos, let me fill in this gap.
To begin with, the forest is about a kilometer away from my house. In front of a huge mass of forest is a small isolated area with a width of about 30 m.


Houses huddle right in front of it.


Behind this isolated area is a dry meadow on sandy soil, overgrown with grass, approximately 1 km long and 60-70 m wide. The perfect place for horse racing! I often catch Cicindela campestris, C. soluta and C. hybrida here. Also flying here are various whiteflies (Leptidea sinapis, Pontia daplidice, Pieris napi, Pieris rapae and, of course, the ubiquitous Pieris brassicae), chervonets (yesterday I caught Lycaena phlaeas), mother-of-pearl (yesterday I caught two more unidentified specimens of the same species) and various hymenoptera, among which Xylocopa violacea should be noted (their names are also unknown). it flies about 6-8 pieces; it is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and only flies for the south of the country, although I see them here, in the forest-steppe zone of the center of Ukraine regularly every year).






And behind the meadow there is a huge natural forest area, in the west of which (I didn't go there yesterday) deciduous tree species predominate, among which there is more oak, and in the east (here, by the way, is the Second Ozyavina) - coniferous species, among which pine is the leader.



Sorry, but so far only nature photos. I have not yet learned how to photograph insects in their natural habitat.

Here is a description of the area where I most often fish. And now about yesterday's walk. It lasted from eleven-thirty to two-thirty in the afternoon. The air temperature was +15..17 degrees, the sky is almost clear and, at first, the wind makes you worry, which later almost disappeared (in fact, on the third of May it rained all day, so in the morning the sky was covered with clouds, and the wind speed reached about 6 m / s). When I reached the dry meadow, as usual, I caught a few C. hybrida and C. soluta (C. campestris are rare here), one Lycaena alciphron (I came across two more on the way back), and the aforementioned mother-of-pearl. I also came across a fairly large (25 mm) bumblebee, with the definition of which I will ask for help. Entering the forest, I slightly deviated from the path that led to Ozyavina, and was surprised (this is only my first field season) to find a fairly extensive clearing overgrown with tall grass and some bushes, a photo of which I will post below. It was flying in this clearing...about a dozen fresh beautiful swallowtails (Papilio machaon)! I collected three specimens (personally, I don't need any more, given that this species is also listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and has the status "Vulnerable", and it is listed for no reason, like some other species, because in the past years I have met only a few specimens). This clearing turned out to be very rich in butterflies: in addition to swallowtails, I caught two more mother-of-pearl birds of different species, some moth, two females of Anthocharis cardamines (I already have five males and this is enough for me, all caught near the Second Lake), one each of Pieris rapae, Pieris napi and Leptidea sinapis (in general, yesterday there were very few whiteflies flying, I caught almost all of them that I saw, and there were no pigeons in sight). On the way to Ozeryavina, I came across two more kravchiks and two nutcrackers.
Since I did not describe this pond in detail in my previous report, I will do so now. The second Ozeryavina is an elongated oval, about 80 m long and about twenty wide. The eastern bank is steep, while the western bank is gentle. At half a meter from the shore, the depth does not exceed 30 cm, but then it drops to almost two meters. The beach itself is overgrown with sedge, reeds and cattails. Yesterday, the water temperature in Ozyavin was +15 degrees.





Hunting in the reservoir did not bring the expected results (apparently, all aquatic insects hid in the mud or went to the depths due to the rain; only water skaters roamed the surface). I caught only one male lemongrass (Gonepteryx rhamni) near the pond. Already in the village I came across a small mother-of-pearl (Boloria (Clossiana) dia).
Just like that, somehow. It's time to take stock. About butterflies (especially swallowtails) I was pleased, although somewhat embarrassed by the lack of pigeons, but the catch of beetles was much better. In general, the walk was a success!
Bumblebee on definition. Female Bombus terrestris?


A shrub that is plentiful in a dry meadow and clearing in the forest. I ask for help in determining. Shrub height 1-1. 5 m. Perhaps a plant from the Legume family (Fabaceae (Leguminosae, or Papilionaceae))? If so, maybe the Gorse tribes (Genisteae)?






This post was edited by Vasily L. - 05/16/2015 10: 27

the plant is Russian broom. At dusk, catch near these bushes, many hawks, scoops, and moths fly to it (if of course you are not only interested in daytime ones).

and if you mow it now, you can catch an interesting barbel Deilus fugax

and if you mow it now, you can catch an interesting barbel Deilus fugax

The series was mowed down a year ago.
And not only it: broom productive plant

Can you take a high-quality photo of the bumblebee's abdomen and pronotum?

  
... and various hymenoptera, among which Xylocopa violacea should be noted (there are about 6-8 of them flying; it is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and only flies for the south of the country, although I see them here, in the forest-steppe zone of the center of Ukraine regularly every year).

I remembered an interesting meeting with xylocopts before last year's May games. On the road in pine plantations, someone put a piece of ceramic insulator from a nearby high-voltage line on a quarter pole. They turned it over, and there...

very interesting also T. hirta tam

Today I caught Xylocopa violacea giant size as for my catches. The wingspan is 5 cm. On the clearing of pine forest in Krymki village, Krasnolimansky district

Can you take a high-quality photo of the bumblebee's abdomen and pronotum?

I'll try it tomorrow. Right now, I can't get anything on the way.

the plant is Russian broom. At dusk, catch near these bushes, many hawks, scoops, and moths fly to it (if of course you are not only interested in daytime ones).

Thanks! I'm also interested in moths. I'll try fishing.

and if you mow it now, you can catch an interesting barbel Deilus fugax

You see what a useful plant, and as a honeybee, and as a bait for insects! Thanks! Somewhere on this allotment I will definitely mow!

Vasily, a few "letter-eating" comments that may be of interest if you strive for the truth.

chervontsy (yesterday I caught Lycaena alciphron, although according to Wikipedia, the butterfly's life begins only in mid-May),

Something very, very early. Maybe it's a different species after all?

among them, Xylocopa violacea should be noted (there are about 6-8 of them flying; it is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and only flies for the south of the country, although I see them here, in the forest-steppe zone of the center of Ukraine regularly every year).

Maybe it's X. valga? I am not at all an expert on them, but experts told me that, for example, only X. valga is reliably registered in the Kharkiv region, and all references to X. violacea are deceptions of workers...

Leptidea sinapis

It should be borne in mind that it can also be L. juvernica. It can only be reliably determined by the genitals.

PS: Yes, and for our region it is mainstream to refer pontius to the species P. edusa. Although there are different opinions here, and some do not separate the edusa as an independent species, different from the dappledice.

Vasily, for the record
Even where there is a broom there is an interesting jaundice Colias myrmidone (Esper, 1781). In Russian, it is called "Yellow broom" and is available in Ukraine.
A barbel Deilus fugax (Olivier, 1790) here: http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=1484091 (then I mowed it directly from the broom).

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 05.05.2015 20: 48

Vasily, a few "letter-eating" comments that may be of interest if you strive for the truth.
Something very, very early. Maybe it's a different species after all?
Maybe it's X. valga? I am not at all an expert on them, but experts told me that, for example, only X. valga is reliably registered in the Kharkiv region, and all references to X. violacea are deceptions of workers...
It should be borne in mind that it can also be L. juvernica. It can only be reliably determined by the genitals.

It may be different, but at least the upper and lower surfaces of the wings are very similar to those of this species.
No, it's definitely X. violacea. I have one of its specimens caught last year in this place, so I can say this with confidence.
It may very well not be L. sinapis, but it is definitely someone very close to this species.

It may be different, but at least the upper and lower surfaces of the wings are very similar to those of this species.

As far as I understand, the instance is built. Please take a picture of it to dispel our doubts