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How did you not capture this Boloria ? If Jutta wasn't there yet, it could only be Freya.
In the Polar Urals, it takes off before the first raspberries !

Very frisky! I'm not as quick as I used to be. And the water in the swamp.... you can barely move your legs.

How did you not capture this Boloria ? If Jutta wasn't there yet, it could only be Freya.
In the Polar Urals, it takes off before the first raspberries !

Freya's probably not there. I was in a normal year at this place before the departure of Jutta, and there was only raspberries. And that butterfly was too big for Freya. The fact that we didn't see Jutta and Malinnitz may be related to the year, not the time limit. A week ago, it snowed all day, and then lay there.
Personally, I think in the direction of Frigga, but I can't say for sure, since I didn't catch up.

How terrible to live!!! Dear residents of Yaroslavl, what kind of nightmares do they frighten us with?! On all the news channels about how you have bears running around the city...

Duc escaped from the coat of arms

Duc escaped from the coat of arms

Mlyaha buha! Duc, this, nail it, nail it, back to back!

Mlyaha buha! Duc, this, nail it, nail it, back to back!

Already "pre-bought". We are wondering if it was wild? or who of the lovers of wild animals kicked out because of the inability to feed.

North of the Ryazan region, Kasimov. The night began to come to life only with the onset of heat, i.e. after May 28. Before that, it was generally almost zero, just like in the Moscow region. Three species of crested beetles, a couple of species of scoops, quite numerous moths, one species of sickle-flies and lichens. There are absolutely no hawks, and there were none, just as there were no tau and pavonia. Are they extinct? With daytime butterflies, it's a little better:
- podaliriyah flew calendar later than usual, phenologically-on time (blooming lilac and chokeberry);
- mnemosyne flew just in time, while mostly males fly, the female is only one and still soft (but already with sphragis);
- polyxenes fly sparsely and are fresh. Looks like they're a couple of weeks late, too;
- with all the abundance of flowering broom myrmidon saw only one (male). But it was also small in number in those parts last year;
- paleno still did not fly out. Absolutely no flowering compositae, she has nothing to eat;
- egeria fly already torn and less than in previous years;
- almost no pigeons and checkers;
- many swallowtails are extremely small in number, wintering nymphalids at the beginning of May were in full range and a decent number.

Such, here, are the consequences of a warm winter and a cold spring... We are watching what will happen next. But the mushrooms are already there, buttermilk and boletus

I saw only one myrmidon

Myrmidh he's-he's a man. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мирмидон

Myrmidh he's-he's a man. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мирмидон

Seen and was a man Well lazy to write in Latin...

North of the Ryazan region, Kasimov. The night began to come to life only with the onset of heat, i.e. after May 28. Before that, it was generally almost zero, just like in the Moscow region. Three species of crested beetles, a couple of species of scoops, quite numerous moths, one species of sickle-flies and lichens. There are absolutely no hawks, and there were none, just as there were no tau and pavonia. Are they extinct? With daytime butterflies, it's a little better:
Such, here, are the consequences of a warm winter and a cold spring... We are watching what will happen next. But there are already mushrooms, buttermilk and aspen mushrooms

We are also quite sad. Dawns, swallowtails, and rutabagas. Of the pigeons, only C. argiolus and C. argiades. In the swamps of O. jutta and C. rubi. Well, the cordigera occasionally slips by.
With the night, in general, a complete failure - either it's cold, or the moon is half in the sky, or both...

Haven't anyone's Katokalki flown yet?

In the Volgograd region: fulminea, promissa, neonymfa, nupta, electa, conversa. Only the first two are enough. The shift of the beginning of summer is 2 weeks in a warm, snowless winter. In the Ryazan region, promises have not yet flown...

I made an attempt to search the oak grove today. As a result of inspection of puddles on the dirt road and pre-blooming snyti, shaking young and hanging around old oaks, the following were revealed:
- a dead and already luring wild boar in a roadside ditch;
- a fresh generation of Celastrina argiolus;
- the complete absence of the presence of Favonius quercus and any catocals.
Well, we're waiting, sir...

I wandered through the riding swamp. Quite a lot of singed, mostly females. Mass of Plebejus idas. But all, in terms of number, are interrupted by Arichanna melanaria.
Blueberries and cloudberries keep up. Blueberries are on the way.

Something strange is happening in nature. Fraxini and nupts - broken in the trash on the light and bait fly, and fulminei fresh flutter. And not in isolated quantities.
A-a-a-afiget, I'm in shock-photos from the first time are attached!!! What did happen???

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And here it is always attached either from the first time or from no time (if the place has run out). If you once attached something from the second time or more, then during this period of time someone freed up space by deleting their old files to fill in new ones, but did not have time and broke off

Mlyaha-buha, I see this branch has completely dried up and has become a "one-man theater". Well, I'll revive her a little. Today I sat under the stars with the moon. At 22: 00 it was +18C. But, quite a strong wind. The screen didn't get blown off, but nothing came to the UV savings banks except a couple of frogs. The bait was a little more fun, though not very diverse.
And today I had to have a little fun-I extracted such a comrade from myself

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How many days did he suck?

How many days did he suck?

Or her ?

Or her ?

Doomies are flying!!!

He's a tick, I mean. And by gender, it is obvious.

Today in the city park caught a bronzer affinis! I didn't think we had them. An alley with old lime trees. I used to find marbles there, and this is such an unexpected find in the fall. It turns out that these beetles will die without leaving offspring? By the way, there are also fresh golden ones caught.

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Today in the city park caught a bronzer affinis! I didn't think we had them. An alley with old lime trees. I used to find marbles there, and this is such an unexpected find in the fall. It turns out that these beetles will die without leaving offspring? By the way, there are also fresh golden ones caught.

Probably, these are new generation beetles that came out of their cradles due to an abnormally warm autumn. I think that they will be able to overwinter and leave offspring in 2021.

I remember someone on the forum gave a report about catching special fish, if memory serves, in Croatia, in October, on peaches. That is, the beetles did not just randomly come out, but also actively fed (and therefore multiplied). I also saw on some bourgeois forum information about the capture of this species in Western Europe as early as November, but by mid-July, as a rule, there is not one, nor affinis, nor specialissima. But this year, at the beginning of September, I miraculously saw some large green bronzer (with 90% confidence - a specialissimus) flying around the clumpy branches of tree trunks, probably in search of a broom for laying eggs. I couldn't catch it without a net , so I didn't sit down. In captivity, adults of both species lived with me for up to a year, as well as metallics. But this is subject to a hearty feeding of bananas, you will miss a few days - and immediately begin to die. I think hunger is the main factor. limiting the life span of these beetles in nature, not counting predators.

I hunted scales at night. Mass of Epirrita autumnata and Colotois pennaria males. Rare Thera juniperata and very little-flown others.

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Well, it's been almost a week and finally!
But what do we do with these eggs now? With the laying hen, everything is clear. But with eggs.... Who has experience of wintering them and feeding the brood?

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And in the evening I decided to shine a light on the edge of the swamp. I sat from 19 to 21 hours.

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Well, it's been almost a week and finally!
But what do we do with these eggs now? With the laying hen, everything is clear. But with eggs.... Who has experience of wintering them and feeding the brood?

Here is what the Germans write (translated into English) from this book: Friedrich, E., 1986. Breeding Butterflies and Moths - a Practical Handbook for British and European Species




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Hemorrhoids one, in general.

And in the evening I decided to shine a light on the edge of the swamp. I sat from 19 to 21 hours.

One lutosa or right in the middle row still Sedina?

One lutosa or right in the middle row still Sedina?

I turned it all over. In my opinion - all Rhizedra lutosa.

Good people, so who has a successful experience of wintering Lemonia dumi eggs ? Not bookish, but personal?

Good people, so who has a successful experience of wintering Lemonia dumi eggs ? Not bookish, but personal?

My eggs were wintering. In a jar of sphagnum napkin and on the balcony, monitor the humidity.

I also want to share my joy. For the first time after so many years, today I took, as it was said above, a "Laying Hen".
"Ginger" - lettuce silkworm-Lemonia dumi.

I also want to share my joy. For the first time after so many years, today I took, as it was said above, a "Laying Hen".
"Ginger" - lettuce silkworm-Lemonia dumi.

And where?

And where?

Yes, the last week and a half, they, in my opinion, flew everywhere. With the possible exception of swamps and forests. Although, in rare birch forests, their boys also snuck around.

Yes, the last week and a half, they, in my opinion, flew everywhere. With the possible exception of swamps and forests. Although, in the rare birch forests, their boys also snuck around.

Well, I have in the MO with him as it is not set. I searched in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky, Shchelkovsky, Solnechnogorsk districts, and I didn't see anything like it even on the flight.

Well, I have in the MO with him as it is not set. I searched in Orekhovo-Zuyevsky, Shchelkovsky, Solnechnogorsk districts, and I didn't see anything like it even on the flight.

It is very clearly visible if you look against the sun (a visor over your eyes) or against the background of the shadow from the forest or trees. I, at least, always missed them if they flew into the background of a sunlit birch tree. Well, against the background of the sky, it is also clearly visible. And the flight - in general, you can not confuse with anything.
This year, I have already detected it in three districts of the region. It feels like he doesn't care what kind of biotope to fly in.

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It is very clearly visible if you look against the sun (a visor over your eyes) or against the background of the shadow from the forest or trees. I, at least, always missed them if they flew into the background of a sunlit birch tree. Well, against the background of the sky, it is also clearly visible. And the flight - in general, you can not confuse with anything.
This year, I have already detected it in three districts of the region. It feels like he doesn't care what kind of biotope to fly in.

In three districts of some region?

In three districts of some region?

Novgorod region. I think it is not uncommon in other districts, but it is not possible to cover all the districts. In the Pskov region, it is also not uncommon.

Tonight. They still fly and ask for food:

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