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Then I went down to the water's edge- "along the bembidion". These were rich, below I give their photos (as it seems to me - different types):

What a riverbank without staphylinids - and they were there, too! In addition to all sorts of small ordinary-looking ones, they met with a stand-out appearance:

I also caught a couple of specimens of 2 types of "rukonozhek" Dyschirius:

BAMBI:
1 - From Metallina like (if ndkr. without microsculpture) - lampros or properans
2-From Notaphus-varium or semipunctatum (rather the second one)
3 - From Eupetedromus-it is necessary to look
4-B. (Principium) punctulatum
5 - It is from Peryphus. It is difficult to meet them from photos (and not from photos either).
6-Like B. (Philochthus) mannerheimii
7-B. (s.str.) quadrimaculatum
8-Like also Notaphus

Staff - Anotylus of some kind.

Centipedes-Dyschirius arenosus and like Dyschiriodes globosus

Fornax13, thank you!
Cleverly you have them

So after all, almost native fauna To the subgenus with Bambi is not difficult, but then sometimes there are problems..

Leaf beetle-M. b. Phaedon laevigatus Duft. But with doubt, because I'm not very listoyedov. What size is it?

This post was edited by Fornax13-07.05.2008 22: 48

Pchelkii.... Halicts and their parasites sphecodes....
Sorry andren no but these are also interesting...
Bees without a net.... It's a good reaction, but I'm not very good at it anymore

Do you need parasitic bees? And then I'll go somewhere-thread - I can take it

Do you need parasitic bees? And then I'll go somewhere-thread - I can damn it

Very! It is possible and not parasitic.
And my gratitude will be " unlimited within reason "(c).

Very! It is possible and not parasitic.
And my gratitude will be "boundless within reason" (c).

Should I present a Thai xylocope? :- ) Hefty, lying in the freezer from last year...

Should I present a Thai xylocope? :- ) Hefty, lying in the freezer from last year...

Well, this duck.... "Your credo? Always!"

This post was edited by alex 2611-08.05.2008 14: 41

Very! It is possible and not parasitic.
And my gratitude will be "boundless within reason" (c).

Really take all of them?

Hello, gentlemen!

Unfortunately, the posterior corners of the pronotum and the posterior tibia are not visible in him. Pronotum has the same sloping angles as Aphodius s. str, or am I mistaken?

It looks like the corners are slanted....
And what should be the lower legs?

And in this aphodion, the edging on the base of the prsp. at the w. corners is not interrupted?

And in this aphodion, the edging on the base of the prsp. at the w. corners is not interrupted?

So exactly, aborted

Did you have A. (Phaeaphodius) rectus registered? In the city of Ulyanovsk, for example, this species (if this is it, of course) has practically replaced all other types of Aphodiaceae. And what there is - he doesn't care - I collected from dead meat and rotten tinder boxes.

Did you have A. (Phaeaphodius) rectus registered? In the city of Ulyanovsk, for example, this species (if this is it, of course) has practically replaced all other types of Aphodiaceae. And what there is - he doesn't care - I collected from dead meat and rotten tinder boxes.

I think that it was not noted, for the reason that no work was carried out on them
However, they promised to bring me a dissertation on nidicolic scaraboids, and I might find something there.

You can check the yard-this is the local view, which, apparently, is actively going to the west.
Oh, by the way, is the leaf eater similar?

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Oh, by the way, is the leaf eater similar?

It seems similar, and the size (about 3 mm) fits.

Really take all of them?

Yes of kos, in the sense of course.

Yes of kos, in the sense of course.

OK, I'm picking up everyone.

Well, this duck.... "Your credo? Always!"

If you are in our region, please contact us and receive :- ) Or, M. B. will bring me to St. Petersburg on business (not visible yet). Again, a general training camp is planned for July.

Yaroslavl, near the village of Larino. Attraction of male pavonia to a female.

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This morning we returned from the Kursk region. We went there on the second May holidays with a friend and Arkhipus. The weather on arrival on the 9th in the morning, to put it mildly, was not happy. The thermometer read +7. Right at the train station, we caught an old taxi driver, stopped at a great grocery store "Liniya", and in an hour we were already at the point. Where we met another forum participant, and just a good person, Space. As it turned out, we have long known each other in absentia, but for the first time in 12 years we met not in Moscow, but near Kursk After breakfast we went to the steppe. Alas, it was wildly windy and very cold, with only the occasional glimpse of the sun. We learned from Kosmos that May 8 was even worse. That gave us some comfort. But, after about an hour of wandering around the steppe and catching only one weevil, our enthusiasm was completely reduced. We set traps and went to the oak grove. There, when digging traps, Archipus caught the first Abacus-I'm not an expert on this genus , and so far I haven't personally caught any of its representatives, so the find gave me strength. Soon the mordants were filled with Abacuses, as well as all sorts of nonsense Carabids, which were taken rather out of a desire to start an active field season, A little later they caught a large male spindle, and arranged a joyful photo session. After that, the animal was released into the woods On the second day, May 10, and they went to check the traps. As the weather cleared up a bit on the evening of the 9th, there were hopes that someone would fall into the cups during the night. Alas, the prey was only a broken female Karabus Exelens. We moved to an old oak grove, where we found some horned larvae with Archipus in the trunks, affected by brown rot (99% that the One-Horned hornbill, because its decayed carcass was found here). Then my friend came up to us, and, literally from under our feet, dug out 3 Kalosomes of the Inquisitor. Apparently, the beetles had not yet emerged from their pupae and were sitting close to the surface of the ground. If it were not for her, we would not have seen these Kalos as our own ears (by the way, she also caught a cute Karabidka - Dripta Dentata in the steppe). All my life I had dreamed of catching this beast myself, and Archipus had never seen it, so our joy was boundless. We began to sort through the leaves and turn the trunks over again, thanks to which, during this and the next day, we collected an incredible number of fresh Calos. It is interesting that we combed all the surroundings of the place where the Pretties were captured, but only one piece of forest was inhabited. The weather has cleared up, and now in the steppe we have already begun to come across T-shirts (3 types) and Dorcadions of Equestria. We took only 3 beetles-for a point, because since last year there are still quite a lot of free individuals of this species caught in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Several gorgeous "earthen" elephants were also collected here. The evening was quite warm, although with a mushroom rain.. Yesterday, May 11, the weather turned bad again. Therefore, after catching some Quails and other forest animals, we went to the steppe to shoot traps. They were used by Karabus Marginalis (1), karabus Shcheglovi (1) and 3 Karabus Exelens. Unfortunately, bad weather has severely disrupted our hunt for vultures. But we didn't give up. And we moved to the herd of cows, where we spent 2 happy hours gutting poop. Thank God, against the usual odds, these places were full of Geotrupes Stercorarii and Mutators, as well as Copris Lunaris. In general, despite the absolutely disgusting weather in some places, we were all satisfied with the trip. Kosmos stayed at the point for another 3 days, and, frankly, we are a little envious of it

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Very briefly. As always, Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region. Night fishing - TOTAL ZERO (2 May beetles). It's cold and the moon is almost full. Day fishing - see photos. Spring is almost over, and summer has begun. Most of the photos were taken right in the yard, in general, I almost didn't catch them, polyxenes are running out of years and have faded, podaliriev is a pity, swallowtails are already shabby, and it was lazy to get involved with small things (pigeons, fatheads). He was mainly engaged in mastering a new camera. The goal of finding and capturing Mnemosyne was once again not achieved, although I have already searched the entire neighborhood

mikee, what kind of camera did you buy? As for mnemosyne, according to information from Arkhipus, they have already flown to the Moscow region. Apparently, in the last few days-with warming.

mikee, what kind of camera did you buy? As for mnemosyne, according to information from Arkhipus, they have already flown to the Moscow region. Apparently, in the last few days - with warming.

I decided to use an ultra-compact camera (Sony DSC-T3), which is extremely comfortable to wear, but when shooting wildlife objects, especially mobile ones, it is possible to make no more than 50% of more or less successful shots. And I bought a Lumix DMC-Z18 ultrazum in addition to it. Now you can not crawl to the butterflies, but calmly shoot from 2 meters (optical zoom up to 23X), and the often occurring problem of shadow in the frame is solved. Well, the stabilizer is an extremely useful thing. That's just at the same time to carry this camera and use a net is difficult and still all the time you are afraid to break this gentle technique.
Mnemosyne in the PTZ is, of course, good, but I probably won't be able to get there this year. But still, thank you! We were talking about the Ryazan region, where I reliably saw this butterfly three years ago, but I couldn't catch it (I was without a net). And for two seasons now I can't find out where their nest is, I found a crested bird this spring, but in some non-marketable quantity.

The Moscow region is full of tufts almost everywhere. But mnemosyne is not everywhere.

mikee, I won't tell you about the PTZ. Arkhipus has a dacha in the north of Moscow.. And in terms of optics, yes, the stabilizer is a good thing. I was already tormented to shoot on a digital TV channel without it, the film was easier in this regard. Here - just a little bit, and a wild wiggle (I have 75-300).

This post was edited by Frantic - 05/19/2008 11: 54

The Moscow region is full of tufts almost everywhere. But mnemosyne is not everywhere.

I understand that the presence of a crested head is not enough, but it is certainly necessary

Mikee, come visit us in Yaroslavl at the end of May. 7 km from the city, and mnemosyne-just clouds. I stuck a net in the ground and they fly into it themselves.

Mikee, come visit us in Yaroslavl at the end of May. 7 km from the city, and mnemosyne-just clouds. I put a net in the ground and they fly into it by themselves.

Gentlemen, Many thanks to everyone for their sympathy I caught mnemosyne, once in general right in my city (Zheleznodorozhny, MO, 9 km from MKAD, June 12, 1997, see photo). I'm interested in finding her station in Gus-Zhelezny. I don't collect butterflies so much as I look for them. A certain kind of hunting with an aesthetic bias. So, maybe it's good that I haven't found it yet, there is something to strive for
All this, of course, does not exclude interest in other places. It takes me less than 1.5 hours to get to the PTZ, and 3.5 hours to get to Yaroslavl... It's just a matter of matching the time of summer, my free day off, and the weather. Unfortunately, so far such a coincidence is not very visible. But if suddenly..., I will definitely take advantage of your suggestions! Especially since I've never seen a massive mnemosyne summer.

Mikee, come visit us in Yaroslavl at the end of May. 7 km from the city, and mnemosyne-just clouds. I put a net in the ground and they fly into it by themselves.

And where near Yaroslavl? I need to blurt out a point on the map. You can contact us in PM

I suspect that this is the left bank of the Volga River, below Yaroslavl (the fiefdom of El Cazador - am I right?)

Just a little bit here, Astrakhan region.The end of April, unfortunately, I did not go myself, but fitetia is Opsilia molybdaena Dalm. 1817, there are no questions with dorkash - this
is Cribridorcadion equestre Laxm. 1770 . And everything else is up to you

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Well, now my slightly belated report on the sortie 18.05. Caught in his favorite place near the outskirts of Yaroslavl. The weather was favorable, although a rather strong wind slightly interfered. Immediately on the birch undergrowth, willow and aspen, a huge number of piri Phyllobiuses were found, apparently they had a peak number this year, birch deporaus were slightly inferior in number, the entire undergrowth of birch was dotted with their rolled tubes, some especially desperate specimens tried to make them the same way on alder. On the birch trees, I caught 3 types of cryptocephalus by mowing-cordiger, octopunctatus and seemingly distinguendus, the latter one especially pleased me, since I had come across it quite rarely before, but here I managed to collect a good series. On the bank of the quarry, I mowed down several limnobaris trees, but I haven't found any donations yet... I examined the dry roadside of a dying birch tree and found Dicercus acuminata and xylotrechus rusticus on it. Mordox ragiums were occasionally found on the birch leaves. Agapanthia villosoviridescens was mowed down from a thicket of nettles. On the fallen trunks of a birch tree, I caught denticollis borealis, and next to it, in the summer, I caught a good series of agriotes aterrimus. Many other snappers also flew. Caught a female platycerus. At the end of the release, I once again went to the birch tree, where I caught a dicerka and found 4 more copies. I drove home very pleased with myself...

I suspect that this is the left bank of the Volga River, below Yaroslavl (the fiefdom of El Cazador - am I right?)

"To hell with the money. look for the map!!!" No, you didn't guess. The left bank of the Volga is the land of peacock eyes, Pavonia and Tau. And mnemosyne - st. Chebakovo (between Tutaev and Yaroslavl). There is a German cemetery there, on the site of a prisoner-of-war camp of 1944-1955, and there are wonderful glades. The first time I found this place was in 1996. Every year I go there, and every year mnemosyne is on the rise.

"To hell with the money. look for the map!!!" No, you didn't guess. The left bank of the Volga is the land of peacock eyes, Pavonia and Tau. And mnemosyne - st. Chebakovo (between Tutaev and Yaroslavl). There is a German cemetery there, on the site of a prisoner-of-war camp of 1944-1955, and there are wonderful glades. The first time I found this place was in 1996. Every year I go there, and every year mnemosyne is on the rise.

Thank you, this is a new point on the ten-kilometer grid (before that, I only had data from the Red Book).

I didn't see any Mannerheim deporauses near the city, but in general, we have this species in the region, last summer I caught them in significant numbers at the university biostation in the Uglich district. If you need it , I can look at it this year, but I still have to torment students there for a month

This post was edited by Anthrenus - 05/23/2008 12: 27

I didn't see any Mannerheim deporauses near the city, but in general, we have this species in the region, last summer I caught them in significant numbers at the university biostation in the Uglich district. If you need it , I can look at it this year, but I still have to torment students there for a month

If possible, it would be nice....Although I really want to catch it here. Did you pick them from the willows?"

Yesterday I returned from a trip to the Pervomaisky district of the Yaroslavl region near the border with the Vologda region. The purpose of the trip was to explore a large swamp area (Isakovskoe swamp) in the very north of the region, and in order not to get bored on the road (20 kilometers on foot from the bus), it was also supposed to explore the adjacent woodlands. Upon arrival at the place, it turned out that the bird cherry is still blooming here - spring is two weeks behind. It was struck by a small number of insects, despite the hot sunny weather. The slope of the bushes showed that there are also a few leaf-eating beetles, and mostly banal species. Not a single phyllobius or purple alder leaf beetle was found. Going to the swamp along the forest roads, I was somewhat afraid of an unexpected meeting with a bear, but I did not meet any bears or their tracks before coming to the swamp. In the swamp itself, I expected to find a number of" swamp " species known from other large swamps in the north of the region, but I must say in advance that my expectations were mostly not fulfilled. The traps placed in the swamp either remained empty or contained banal species (pterostichus nigrita and diligans), only one trap contained Agonum ericeti. Of the carabuses, only granulatus was caught. I tried to catch donitsin, which is usually a lot in the swamps, but even here I was disappointed - instead of the expected plateumaris vays in the net there were only plateumaris discolor, although of an amazing variety of colors (from dark blue to purple-red), I couldn't resist picking at least them. Two types of cryptocephalus were found on the birch tree (I will still determine the types) and quite a lot of small things. Of the butterflies, I found the corpse of a pavonia, now you can put a habitat point for this species in this place. After two days of being in the swamp, I went to the house, went out on the road usually used by local residents (if any) and on it I already came across a huge number of traces of bears and wolves, apparently they also prefer to walk on the road, and not through the forest. Going out to the villages, in the cow dung I found quite a lot of aphodia of 4 species, of which erraticus dominated. Although the results of the trip are not impressive, I was generally satisfied, especially since I still need to analyze the collected material, perhaps there will be something interesting there. Photos from the trip are attached.






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On May 27-30, I devoted myself to trips to the forest in the vicinity of my city (there was no way to get anywhere far away). I set traps on the bank of the reclamation canal and on the edge of the swamp, but the result was almost zero – not a single caribou, in general, there are few ground beetles (Pterostichus nigrita prevailed). Only on May 30, Notiophilus sp., Leistus rufescens, Tachys sp., and a couple of Agathidium sp.fell into one of the traps on the bank of the reclamation canal. The manual collection during these days was more successful: Tritoma bipustulata (previously I came across only T. consobrina-jakowlewi in the Yaroslavl region, and here four specimens of bipustulata on a rotten poplar deck), Oxymirus cursor (females on shrunken pine stumps), Aegomorphus sp. (wojtylai, clavipes?), Platycerus caprea (on fallen trees). aspen trees), Onthophagus nuchicornis (it's clear where), Byrrhus fasciatus, Lebia crux-minor, Prasocuris phellandrii, well, and some other small things that need to be sorted out.
                         

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