European part of Russia

21-22 and 22-23 May caught two nights from 22 to one o'clock in the country, Murmino, 20 km. east. Ryazan.
I've been around for years-it couldn't be worse. Apparently, the low temperature (below 10 deg.) and 2/3 of the moon sticking out in the sky affected. Even the crested birds disappeared somewhere, and in the end only 1 piece of vinula, erminea and dromedarius arrived. The only ones that were not affected by the weather were hawkmoth (linden, bedstraw, ocellate, poplar oin) and males of the pine cocoonworm. A female rubi flew in and laid her eggs on the screen. For the first time, Bupalus piniaria and Hadena confusa arrived at all. In general, there were surprisingly few scoops and moths, only one sickle-wing (last weekend falcataria was the most popular species, 20 pieces were sitting on the screen).
But in the afternoon, right at the dacha, I caught two fresh podaliriev, and in the greenhouse on a string I slept off Phyllodesma tremulifolium. Fill up went to the stain

Ryazan region, Gus=Zhelezny. Night from Friday to Saturday caught in the woods on the glades. Of the interesting ones, only a pair of proserpines, a male raspberry and pine cocoonworm. It's a little early for the last one, but I see they've already flown to the PTZ, too. In the mass of pine hawkmoth and a little lime. Of the dippers, only one copy of lubricipeda, but there was no fuliginosa at all, although a week ago they flew successfully. The usual set of tufts. Late at night-vinuli and erminea.
On Saturday afternoon, together with vicgrr, we caught krestovnikovy bears and several podaliris to order, and at night we went to the Oka meadows to explore new places. An extensive non-flooded meadow surrounded by oak forests with an admixture of aspen, willow and linden. During the day, it was sad in the meadows: the polyxenes were completely torn and burned out, dragonflies and caddis flies were in the mass, broom and rose hips were blooming profusely. At night, the air is not very plentiful (except for mosquitoes and May beetles), of which only 4 specimens of the crested anceps are interesting. Hawkmoth is small(a lot) and medium wine, linden(plentifully) and ocular(sporadically). Of the female bears, there are single specimens of male beggar, meadow (summer is already here!), speckled and fast(luteum). The nights are quite cold with a bright half moon.
On Sunday afternoon, we drove to the Mnemosyne station and made sure. that she overwintered perfectly, because she flew in indecently large numbers, and there were more females than males. Interestingly, there are quite a lot of poorly executed instances. Along the way, they were looking for plantain bears, but, alas... Something does not come across that year Is not caught flying through the forest glade hawk moth Hemaris sp.
On Monday night, only vicgrr remained, and he caught it right in the village. According to him, it was flying well, at least a couple of males of the crimson cocoonworm were caught (someone on the forum assured me that they did not fly to the light at all...), a krestovnik dipper (now it is clear that it also flies to the light) and a pair of villik dippers (two or three weeks earlier than usual). In the mass of moth and scoops, which was not when fishing in the forest and meadow.
Actually, the night catch is mainly represented in the photo.

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2 Dmitrich
Mnemosyne - a banal species throughout its range.

For those who can't find a lot of mnemosyne, I send them to search for their biotopes and forage plants. And you will have mnemosyne in large numbers.

Duc, who's arguing? I'm not talking about that - I'm talking about the accuracy and completeness of the CC (already published). That's all!

Here I wrote "and who argues", and thought about it . I do not like the inaccuracy (uncertainty)of the term "banal" in relation to butterfly beetles (although I often use it myself). Mass, background - this sounds, in my opinion, acceptable in relation to the view. But the banal one... "Banality" is an antonym for "originality"... And what are the original types compared to the banal mnemosyne? In general, it is clear that the idea of the rarity of a species is often explained by our ignorance of its biology. But we found out when it flies, what it eats, where (and at what stage it hibernates), etc., etc. - and everything is cool: one, two, three, four, five, we are going to look for it! Of course, at the point where such species as mnemosyne have their own "rookery" (+5 Rods!), they can be collected by dozens, or even hundreds. Only these points are larger for some species and smaller for others, but they are really and significantly removed from each other. So it turns out that at such a point the view is banal, but outside of it (but near it practically) - original .. Or rather, I think that such species as mnemosyne are not banal and original, but vulnerable due to the peculiarities of their biology. But there are simply no rare species in reality, there are species about which we know little or nothing. Please excuse this lengthy digression...

Mnemosyne will never become a vulnerable species due to the fact that the caterpillars eat tufts. There are 3 types of the latter only in the Nizhny Novgorod region, one of which is mass-produced. In order to "find" mnemosyne, you just need to go to the wet edge of the forest in which the crested bird grows. Almost everyone has such a forest. Find a wet clearing with flowers, and catch mnemosyne on it. Naturally, butterflies will not fly en masse, say, to a dry meadow, even if it is not far from the tufts. They need a wet meadow and close to the edge, protected from the wind - they fly low above the ground, and are easily blown away by the wind due to the sufficiently large weight of the imago. The second knowledge is the summer period. They fly for a week or two, south of the Volga from mid-May, north - from the end (28-30 number). Summer time-from 10-10-30 to 14-14-30. Later and earlier, you can only meet randomly startled butterflies.

Original butterflies? Say, in MO or Nino? Например, Coenonympha hero, Meleageria daphnis, Lysandra bellargus, L. coridon, Oeneis jutta, O. tarpeia. They are located on the borders of their range, and because of this, their populations are limited and local.

Naturally, butterflies will not fly en masse, say, to a dry meadow, even if it is not far from the tufts.

It happens that we fly. They really like to eat sage... but, of course, the presence of a crested forest nearby is a prerequisite.

Mnemosyne will never become a vulnerable species due to the fact that the caterpillars eat tufts. There are 3 types of the latter only in the Nizhny Novgorod region, one of which is mass-produced. In order to "find" mnemosyne, you just need to go to the wet edge of the forest in which the crested bird grows. Almost everyone has such a forest. Find a wet clearing with flowers, and catch mnemosyne on it. Naturally, butterflies will not fly en masse, say, to a dry meadow, even if it is not far from the tufts. They need a wet meadow and close to the edge, protected from the wind - they fly low above the ground, and are easily blown away by the wind due to the sufficiently large weight of the imago. The second knowledge is the summer period. They fly for a week or two, south of the Volga from mid-May, north - from the end (28-30 number). Summer time-from 10-10-30 to 14-14-30. Later and earlier, you can only meet randomly startled butterflies.
Original butterflies? Say, in MO or Nino? Например, Coenonympha hero, Meleageria daphnis, Lysandra bellargus, L. coridon, Oeneis jutta, O. tarpeia. They are located on the borders of their range, and because of this, their populations are limited and local.

Duc, there is no dispute in fact . Mnemosyne in its biology is studied and obvious, so it is easy to purposefully detect it (for someone who is armed with knowledge). But it does not roll (again, in my personal opinion only) the label "banal" for her (and not for her alone). And as for the originality of the species you listed, duckweed, you can say it yourself: in NINO, they are on the borders of their range, so their populations are limited to originality. And just to the south (or for some others - to the north) - and goodbye, originality! So I would call them for NINO (if I may) locally occurring species. But not banal or original (no matter where their population is found).
I just think so. But I don't impose my opinion on anyone.

Mnemosyne will never become a vulnerable species due to the fact that the caterpillars eat tufts. There are 3 types of the latter only in the Nizhny Novgorod region, one of which is mass-produced. In order to "find" mnemosyne, you just need to go to the wet edge of the forest in which the crested bird grows. Almost everyone has such a forest. Find a wet clearing with flowers, and catch mnemosyne on it. Naturally, butterflies will not fly en masse, say, to a dry meadow, even if it is not far from the tufts. They need a wet meadow and close to the edge, protected from the wind - they fly low above the ground, and are easily blown away by the wind due to the sufficiently large weight of the imago.

This does not apply to the Moscow Region at all. In general, vulnerability occurs not only from the lack of a forage plant and other things that are noticeable to us. Mnemosyne is extremely local in the MO (and not only), and there are plenty of" biotopes and forage plants". I know a lot of" Wet edges of the forest in which the tuft grows " - both between Skorotov and Zvenigorod , and throughout the Ruzsky district, and even between Romashkov and Razdory, and even in Moscow. Mnemosyne is not present at all in those places where all this is present. Not during any "summer period". So she needs something else, too, which means that drawing a conclusion about mnemosyne's invulnerability from the abundance of wet edges and crested grass is almost as bold as telling the Apollo seekers in MO to simply find a dry forest with a clearing on the edge and not mess around with the timing...

Wind drift is not at all likely when the butterfly is flying low. On the contrary, unlike the larger swallowtail, which has to fight courageously against the wind if necessary, it is mnemosyne that simply falls into the grass and waits out. Wind tolerance is positively affected (all other things being equal) by windage, but not by "weight". One of the mnemosyne populations known to me in the Moscow Region (once discovered by me and V. P. Volkov for the first time) lives not only inside the forest, but much more-along the roadsides of a fairly busy highway, i.e. at least along the highway line it is very susceptible to wind (and being hit by cars). Mnemosyne reacts to the wind in the same way as to any deterioration in the weather - it falls into the grass.

Other populations in the MO that I know of are located in wetter and less drafty areas; so is the population in the Lipetsk Region that I know of. [If we talk about mnemosyne, which lives in the mountains, then it generally has other (except perhaps crested) preferences. Both species of the genus Driopa, flying together, for example, on the island of Kamennoye Morye, are in a zone of almost constant wind, but at the same time they fly not only in hollows, but also on humps, where there is no smell of wet meadow. Mnemosyne can be found in both wet and dry meadows on the Markoth ridge; there is more than enough wind there].

If we talk about the invulnerability of mnemosyne, then only on general grounds, which have already been discussed in the topics about "CC" and others. The crest here is not an argument at all, although it is a factor.

This does not apply to the Moscow Region at all. In general, vulnerability occurs not only from the lack of a forage plant and other things that are noticeable to us. Mnemosyne is extremely local in the MO (and not only), and there are plenty of" biotopes and forage plants". I know a lot of" Wet edges of the forest in which the tuft grows " - both between Skorotov and Zvenigorod , and throughout the Ruzsky district, and even between Romashkov and Razdory, and even in Moscow. Mnemosyne is not present at all in those places where all this is present. Not during any "summer period". So she needs something else, too, which means that drawing a conclusion about mnemosyne's invulnerability from the abundance of wet edges and crested grass is almost as bold as telling the Apollo seekers in MO to simply find a dry forest with a clearing on the edge and not mess around with the timing...

Wind drift is not at all likely when the butterfly is flying low. On the contrary, unlike the larger swallowtail, which has to fight courageously against the wind if necessary, it is mnemosyne that simply falls into the grass and waits out. Wind tolerance is positively affected (all other things being equal) by windage, but not by "weight". One of the mnemosyne populations known to me in the Moscow Region (once discovered by me and V. P. Volkov for the first time) lives not only inside the forest, but much more-along the roadsides of a fairly busy highway, i.e. at least along the highway line it is very susceptible to wind (and being hit by cars). Mnemosyne reacts to the wind in the same way as to any deterioration in the weather - it falls into the grass.

Other populations in the MO that I know of are located in wetter and less drafty areas; so is the population in the Lipetsk Region that I know of. [If we talk about mnemosyne, which lives in the mountains, then it generally has other (except perhaps crested) preferences. Both species of the genus Driopa, flying together, for example, on the island of Kamennoye Morye, are in a zone of almost constant wind, but at the same time they fly not only in hollows, but also on humps, where there is no smell of wet meadow. Mnemosyne can be found in both wet and dry meadows on the Markoth ridge; there is more than enough wind there].

If we talk about the invulnerability of mnemosyne, then only on general grounds, which have already been discussed in the topics about "CC" and others. The crest here is not an argument at all, although it is a factor.

moscow is a separate case.

On Monday night, only vicgrr remained, and he caught it right in the village. According to him, it was flying well, at least a couple of males of the crimson cocoonworm were caught (someone on the forum assured me that they did not fly to the light at all...), a krestovnik dipper (now it is clear that it also flies to the light) and a pair of villik dippers (two or three weeks earlier than usual). In the mass of moth and scoops, which was not when fishing in the forest and meadow.

My catch is the last four rows.

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Volgograd region, Mkhiaylovka, May 21-23. Almost all 3 days it rained, only on one night there was an acceptable summer-euphorbia, bedstraw hawkmoth and dipper villica.
I wonder what kind of wasp it is.

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Here's something dried up from the Don region. Early May 2010. I would be grateful for the definition of mother-of-pearl and scoops

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mother-of-pearl on top of selenium are similar. I'd like to take a look.

mother-of-pearl on top of selenium are similar. I'd like to take a look.

IMHO, euphrosyne.

These are the butterflies from this spring -- euphrosyne, of course!

scoops
4 photos
1 row, N4-Callistege mi
2 row
1-Heliophobus reticulata
3 - Calophasia lunula

5 photos 1st from the left-Minucia lunaris

These are the butterflies from this spring -- euphrosyne, of course!

selena also goes early. need ispod

selena also goes early. need an undergarment

In the evening I will put up

Here's something dried up from the Don region. Early May 2010. I would be grateful for the definition of mother-of-pearl and scoops

Scoops second row:
2. Hadula trifolii
4. Simyra nervosa
5. Hadena christophi
6. Calophasia opalina
7. Mythimna ?alopecuri

Sort of.

Here's something dried up from the Don region. Early May 2010. I would be grateful for the definition of mother-of-pearl and scoops

6053-second from bottom Hadula trifolii

6056 1 Acronicta megacephala
2 Schargacucullia verbasci
3 Cucullia chamomillae
4 Euclidia mi
5 Lacanobia suasa

1 Pachetra sagittigera
2 Hadula trifolii
3 Calophasia lunula
4 Simyra nervosa
5 Hadena christophi most likely
6 Calophasia opalina
7 Mythimna sp.

60501 1 Minucia lunaris

This post was edited by barko - 26.05.2010 14: 40

  
I wonder what kind of wasp it is.

Most likely some Eumenes

Today, May 26 in very nasty weather (Dmitrich and Anthrenus can confirm) I was forced to go to the "fields" to collect ticks with a very elderly (74 years old ) lady from Moscow. Muscovites "got" all the organizations of the former SES, and I was tearfully asked to take it somewhere far away, preferably to "kuchugury" and leave it there... At 9.00 I was at the gathering place with a secret hope of canceling the trip because of the rain pouring down at night. But there was a "bummer" and I had to go to Bolsheselsky district, however, wherever I want... I went to the sources of Yuhoti..., Two hours of" collecting " ticks in a thoroughly wet forest - not a single tick, and for myself I collected a certain number of beetles. Of the interesting ones-Mycetophagus ater, unicolored Dromius sp., Rabocerus sp., 4 species of bark beetles, large Phyllobius with red legs - whether pomaceus, or "calcaratus" - I don't know for sure, because I haven't disassembled the stain yet. By 12: 00, another rain began to fall, and the Moscow lady and I safely left for Yaroslavl. Everyone was satisfied: I - beetles from a new point; the lady-departure to the "wild places"; all employees were former. "SES, ovskih" offices-a successful "sbagrivaniem" moskvichki...

I'll put it out tonight

This topic has already been raised by sdi in " Definition...". Why re-do something? Butterfly-euphrosyne.

Here are the turnovers to finally close the question

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Here are the turnovers to finally close the question

euphrosyne...

  
I wonder what kind of wasp it is.

A good wasp. The genus Katamenes. I won't say any more.

Last weekend I caught the light at my dacha in Murmino, 20 km away. east. Ryazan, DRV-250, from sunset to 2: 00. The first night flew well, the second-almost nothing: it was cold, dew fell, there was nothing interesting. Everything interesting for me arrived on the first night. New views (or gender) are marked with an asterisk. I write those that I caught/photographed or just remembered now.

Geometridae:
Cabera pusaria
Catarhoe rubidata
chlorissa viridata
Electrophaes corylata
Eupithecia exiguata
Eupithecia sp.
Hypomecis punctinalis
Macaria alternata/notata
Opisthograptis luteolata
Petrophora chlorosata
Pterapherapteryx sexalata
* Scopula incanata
Thera obeliscata
Xanthorhoe ferrugata
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
Timandra
comae Cyclophora albipunctata
Scopula immorata
Epirrhoe alternata
Ecliptopera silaceata - seems to be running out of years, used to be in the mass.
Lomographa temerata
Lomaspilis marginata - массово
Chiasmia clathrata
Biston betularia
Siona lineata
Ematurga atomaria

Sphingidae:
Deilephila elpenor
Mimas tiliae-in the mass
of Smerinthus
ocellatus Hyles
gallii Laothoe populi
it seems that there was still a pine hawk moth, but I will not lie. There were a lot of them last week.

Drepanidae:
Drepana falcataria
Tethea or

Lasiocampidae:
Macrothylacia rubi-females, one again laid eggs on the screen. Is this their fashion, or what?
Dendrolimus pini-males

Notodontidae:
Furcula bifida

Noctuidae:
Apamea anceps
Athetis pallustris
Colobochyla salicalis
Conisania luteago
Elaphria venustula
Hadula trifolii
Lacanobia w_latinum/thalassina
Mamestra brassicae
* Minucia lunaris
* Moma alpium
Herminia grisealis
Pechipogo strigilata

Lymantriidae:
* Calliteara pudibunda-female
Leucoma salicis

Arctiidae:
Eilema sororcula

Oak grove in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, May 29 and 30. I wonder whose tracks they are.

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Oak grove in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain, May 29 and 30. I wonder whose tracks they are.

IMG_1899 - Xylena exsoleta

This post was edited by Zheka - 31.05.2010 22: 39

second track - Xylena exsoleta

wise snake, your photos are amazing!!!

From the 29th to the 31st, I fished in the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region at the dacha and in the vicinity.
Some interesting bright birds were flying in the water meadows near the Oka River.
During the day, fresh poplar tapeworms flew with might and main.
The nights were quite warm and overcast, so it flew quite well. From hawkmoth-in the mass linden, poplar, oculate, pine, a couple of bedstraw. Dippers - in the mass of yellow, speckled, villika and one purpurata.
From beetles-during the day on the path, a willow barbel, at night a lot of water lovers and one large rhinoceros are born.
I hope for the help of my colleagues in identifying scoops and moths.

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From the 29th to the 31st, I fished in the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region at the dacha and in the vicinity.
Some interesting bright birds were flying in the water meadows near the Oka River.

Golden pike bird, our local parrot ))

From the 29th to the 31st, I fished in the Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan region at the dacha and in the vicinity.

From beetles-in the afternoon on the path, in my opinion, an oak barbel,

Barbel on the path-Lamia textor (Linnaeus, 1758)

And the Rhinoceros beetle Oryctes nasicornis. I already forgot when I caught it at home (the point was ruined-bastards), urbanization .

Golden pike bird, our local parrot ))

Where vicgrr saw them, the pike has a long-term nesting site. Unfortunately, they are quite shy, so you can't get a good picture - all the time against the light

Yes, I shot with a 70-300 telephoto lens and still, as soon as you point the camera, they immediately fly away, I didn't even have time to focus. Misha, next time you need to shoot from ambush

Where vicgrr saw them, the pike has a long-term nesting site. Unfortunately, they are quite shy, so you can't get a good picture - all the time against the light

I know, I tried to shoot them myself in Alpatievo. They didn't let me get close to them there either, even sitting in ambush didn't do much. Here's what I got at maximum zoom::

Although late, here's what arrived in the first half of May at my dacha.
Leningrad region. Vsevolozhsky district, Vaskelovo settlement, station 54 km
. on May 8 and 15, DRL250.
Here is a photo of the place and the catch.

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The weather in recent days presents surprises, expressed in fleeting and sudden downpours, so after getting wet twice to the skin, I canceled long-distance trips so far, and examined the parks of Yaroslavl and its immediate surroundings. Interesting facts: Phyllobius thalassinus Gyllenhal (a very small point - some 100-150 sq. m., but there are quite a few of them there - this is a question of rarity, locality, etc.); Stephanopachys sp. (Family Bostrichidae) - pupae under the bark of spruce-are hatched; in the old park: Sinodendron cylindricum; Protaetia (Liocola) marmorata; Ampedus nigroflavus, the rest is quite common trifle. Also at work I found a broken Pennsylvania ash tree whose branches are densely populated with Hylesinus varius, this bark beetle is spreading more and more and increasing its number and may soon make planting ash "kirdyk".

Just returned from a walk from the floodplain oak forest, almost did not collect and did not shoot. From the new ones: L. cervus, P. kaehleri, A. clavipes, X. rusticus, S. meridianus; P. detritus, A. maculicornis, M. myops, S. querqus, etc. are still numerous. Mother-of-pearl Pandora, daphne and A. niobe (maybe adippa) flew out. Polyxenes are still flying, but I haven't found any tracks on Kirkazon yet. Poperli first abscesses Mylabris sp. and locust imagos. I managed to find 5 oak trees that emit sap, now I will monitor them throughout the summer. Mostly banal bronzes fly to the wine and honey bait. Photos will be available later.

This post was edited by wise snake - 06.06.2010 20: 16