European part of Russia

There are only individual plants, the number of which is clearly not sufficient for the development of caterpillars. Although, of course, the caterpillars may have a different opinion on this matter. In general, if I find it, I'll collect it.

No, you misunderstood Eggs do not need to look for cleaning in nature. They can be obtained from captured females. That is, a live female (with fragis) should be placed in a cage, at the bottom of which you need to put a little cleaning agent. And the female needs to be fed with a 10% solution of honey, as you fed those males

On Thursday, all day in the Airfield forest in the Fox Nose collected (St. Petersburg). Some strange animal there: often meets with ugliness. And so nothing biotopes, chernolshanniki good...

And what kind of animals specifically?
You are generally careful with strange mutagenic factors! Especially in the Fox's Nose do not pick, you never know what you pick up

And what kind of animals specifically?
You are generally careful with strange mutagenic factors! Especially in the Fox's Nose do not pick, you never know what you pick up

I keep hearing from parasitologists about mutant ticks (http://www.zin.ru/labs/parantr/index.html)
Here I had to collect material in those places where these guys collect ticks. Indeed, there were riders and sawflies with deformities, for example, with shriveled abdominal segments or different lengths of antennae. It happens, but I just remembered about Alekseyev...

On Thursday, all day in the Airfield forest in the Fox Nose collected (St. Petersburg). Some strange animal there: often meets with ugliness. And so nothing biotopes, chernolshanniki good...

I was there at the end of May-I was tormented by ticks to shake myself off. And the seats are really good-listoyedov scored a lot!
How are the ticks now?

I was there at the end of May-I was tormented by ticks to shake myself off. And the seats are really good-listoyedov scored a lot!
How are the ticks now?

Now it's not enough. Only 2 removed then. It happened on 17!

Now it's not enough. Only 2 removed then. I used to be 17!

I recommend the Priozersk direction. I haven't seen one in 25 years.

I recommend the Priozersk direction. I haven't seen one in 25 years.

I shot in Otradnoye and Pettiyarvi. But the places there are more pleasant in my opinion, less urbanized...

From July 10 to July 14, I caught the light. Two evenings with DRV-250 in Buturlinovka (the center of the region) brought two Lilac hawkmoth and a yellow Ribbon. Then I spent three nights fishing on an unbroken DRL-250 in a village near Kalach. Here's what arrived there: Hawkmoth - lilac, linden, eye-shaped, small wine, medium wine, Cocoonworms-plum, pine, oak-leaved, big Harpy, Kaya bear, Silvery hole, beech fork-tail. In the afternoon, in cloudy weather, I caught a common Proboscis (yazykan) on flowers in the yard with a net, as well as a poplar ribbon fly(?see photo) that flew to a new shelter - under the canopy of a window opening.
As for Podaliris, I can note their ubiquitous distribution within, at least, the central and southern part of the Voronezh Region. There are quite a lot of them flying, and this is mainly in settlements. Swallowtails also fly, but at a distance from housing - in meadows near rivers and in swampy areas of the area. If Podaliriyas are worn all over the city, then Swallowtails are committed to one place. Flying (Energy) Egeria (!) - caught in a raspberry patch.
One of the hawkmoths could not be identified. It seems similar to poplar, but not quite (see photo).

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I will define here: the scoop is C. nupta, the hawk moth is Laothoe populi very shabby.

Flying Energy-caught in a raspberry patch.

Energy?! Egeria probably

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I will define here: the scoop is C. nupta, the hawk moth is Laothoe populi very shabby.
Energy?! Egeria probably

Precisely!

I returned from a short trip to the south of the European part of the Russian Federation (on the route Nizhny Novgorod-Voronezh-Belgorod-Moscow - and back, Nizhny Novgorod).
"South" is a relative term, but for me Voronezh and Belgorod are "south". The purpose of the trip was a "cultural program" and a thoughtful capture of representatives of this most southern entomofauna.
The cultural program was held in Voronezh, and I will not dwell on it. And I came to Belgorod (more precisely, to the Belgorod region) at the invitation and with the direct support of Comrade Necrocephalus, for which I thank him very much.
I generally like to visit other natural areas other than my native Nizhny Novgorod region - everything there is new and interesting to me, due to my age and, through this, little experience, probably.
First of all, after arriving, we took a walk around the neighborhood. The place where we stopped is located almost on the bank of the Belgorod reservoir, from which it is separated by a moistened meadow. The reservoir does not have a clear coastline, everything is lost in the thickets of reeds.
On the other side are corn fields, a small oak forest, and a more mesophytic meadow. Wherever possible, we tried to put glasses (with vinegar, cognac and champagne decided not to use due to the lack of the latter). In those that are in the forest, I came across a large number of Abax ater - now I know what it looks like live . In the field and the adjacent meadow, ground beetles fell into glasses of Carabus ? scabriusculus (I'm not sure for sure yet, but it seems that they are) and C. cancellatus
spent almost all their time on excursions around the area, at night-without fail fishing on the split DRL-250 (it was he who brought most of the trophies). The flight was just excellent, I've never had so many people fly to my balcony . From what I know - a lot of Harpalus rufipes, Calathus halensis and some other species. Several Odonteus armiger, many Pleurophorus sp., and several Aphodius species arrived. Various water-loving birds (5-7 species) and 1-2 Heteroceridae flew in the mass. Sometimes Cylinders germanica, Calosoma auropunctatum, and Geotrupe sp.were born. Spondylis buprestoides has been observed several times. On the first night, Prionus coriarius arrived, and on the last night, a male Polyphylla fullo arrived, apparently from the other side of the reservoir, where there are pine forests.
We also made excursions to the Botsad of Belgu, where several Gnaptor spinimanus were caught on the chalk outcrops, as well as on the dog's corpse - all 3 species of Necrobia, some Trox and a number of leatherworms and spangles (among other necrophages), and on the other side of the Belgorod vdhrn., where to their (and not only) joy For the first time in my life, I caught the ground beetle Omophron limbatum with my own hands. I've only seen them mounted before. It is found there in slightly moist sand at a distance of 1-1.5 m from the water's edge, among the tangles of plant roots.
So, in general, somewhat chaotic, but it seems to have stated everything
Well, and a photo for illustration:

I caught Omophron limbatum in the MO, on the shore of the Ozerninsky vdh.

Omophron limbatum is a common species in the south of the Moscow region.

Omophron limbatum is a common species in the south of the Moscow region.

Ordinary it is ordinary, but the whole point is to see it yourself, with your own eyes, in nature. There is a certain buzz for me in this

Hello colleagues!
Yesterday I went with fishermen to spend the night at a small pond on the border of the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov region.
Arrived in the evening, first of all went to a small landing of acacia trees, hawk moth flew everywhere, caught four, until the species was determined(something banal), also flew yolks whether meadow, whether steppe, there were Pontia chlorodice, admirals and burdocks, caught several song cicadas in the meadow, one of them was a bird. they were surprised when I covered her with a net, she squawked shrilly, and she did this until I put her in the stain. I also caught a praying mantis for the first time!
Then I started to set traps putting about fifteen pieces in a forest plantation and in a meadow, one of the fishermen showed a bug he caught on the shore, it turned out to be Chlaenius spoliatus, in the place where he found it, I put the remaining 10 cups. When it got dark, I started raiding the traps getting beetles out of them (since the cups could pull out muskrats or I could eat beetles in beer), soon in addition to spoliatus, Chlaenius aeneocephalus and Chlaenius festivus were caught, with each hike the number of chlaenius became more and more and I checked the traps standing in the meadow and in the forest plantation pulled them out and dug in near the shore.
Then, after sleeping for an hour in the morning, pulling out all the traps, I went home. I want to advise those who will catch hlenius, put traps on the border of the coast and coastal vegetation, because several traps are standing in the vegetation itself and nothing has fallen into them.
Thanks for attention.

If I were you, I would take such a curious cicada alive and see how it will behave in the future.

If I were you, I would take such a curious cicada alive and see how it will behave in the future.

Unfortunately, all four of the ones I caught were already on the mattress
Yes and the content of live insects I really can not

This is a well - known practice-this is how cicadas try to scare off their enemies. I've read it in literature and experienced it myself in Spain - they yell like madmen if you take it in your hands

Unfortunately, all four of the ones I caught were already on the mattress
And I don't really manage to keep live insects, either

Practice. Dogs and cats are harder to keep than some insects.

I went fishing again yesterday, but on a different pond. We arrived for the night looking.
I only managed to set up some of the traps, and I buried the rest for another half of the night. For the first time I decided to try, as a bait, not beer, but water + yeast + sugar, in general, mash. While I was burying traps, I caught 7 Chlaenius aeneocephalus and one cool trechus and ruined my shoulder blade . When it got dark, I started checking the traps and almost every one got 5-6 Chlaenius spoliatus, and a bunch of aeneocephalus. Field crickets ran everywhere. In the cups standing in other places, amars, bombers fell (for the first time I saw them alive). I didn't pull anything out of the traps at night, so I decided to leave this entertainment for the morning.
At dawn, I went to look at the catch and dismantle the cups, I got a bunch of spoliatuso and aeneocephalyuso, 3 chlaenius festivus, 2-3 species of chlaenius, I haven't determined yet, a lot of pseudofonus, bombardiers, several pterosticus, two granulatus carabus (tell me, which subspecies in the north of the Krasnodar Territory is nominative or leander? by the way, at night a cool staphylin flew into the light, which has a horn sticking out from the pronotum. If you need spoliates and aeneocephaluses, please contact us. Like everything.
The first photo shows the beginning of fishing, the second-the biotope in which chlenius was caught.

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Staphylin with horn probably Bledius sp. (spectabilis possibly).

The classic steppe biotope for Khlenius, Archipus and I caught Spoliatus and Tristis in about the same place in the spring, but only in Ukraine.

Staphylin with horn probably Bledius sp. (spectabilis possibly).

I don't know, I don't rummage in the staffs, I collect it for a specialist from Irkutsk.

The classic steppe biotope for Khlenius, Archipus and I caught Spoliatus and Tristis in about the same place in the spring, but only in Ukraine.

And they hide in the cracks between the pieces of earth.

Vacuum them!! When I was fishing for khleniuses in the Crimea, it was a kick-ass. There was also a rocky bank near the river. The stone is turned upside down, and they are scattered.

And they hide in the cracks between the pieces of earth.

Exactly. I collected 5 pieces of Spoliatus without traps, but I almost broke my back to turn this soilaway)))

Exactly. I collected 5 pieces of Spoliatus without traps, but I almost broke my back to turn this soilaway)))

that's for sure! and to dig in traps - no shovel can stand it!

You, gentlemen, will be saved by an excavator!

Damn, there's water nearby! If the ground is solid, then it was possible to water it.

And a fire truck!

In extreme cases you can pee

In extreme cases, you can pee

Etozh how much bait you need to drink to cover the entire area?

You, gentlemen, will be saved by an excavator!

Or 2 soldiers from stroybat

In addition to the mid-May post by Dmitricha, I did get the nutcracker out of the larva. found under the bark of a pine tree-it turned out to be Adelocera=Lacon conspersus, which was never specified for the Yaroslavl region!

Last weekend, Kasimovsky district, Ryazan region, forest. The Apollonians end their years, all badly battered, but continue to actively feed on asteraceae. Mass departure of Colias myrmidone (very fresh and bright), I have never seen such a large number! It's very beautiful, with lights flashing everywhere. And in France, hyale met only a couple of copies. Shashechnits are no longer there, mother-of-pearl finish years, faded and battered. It's the same with pigeons. But quite a lot of chervonets virgaureae, phlaeas, tityrus. Got a fresh copy of Strymon pruni. Very few nymphalids: io, atalanta, urticae. There have been fewer and fewer of them in recent years. At night, for entertainment, I caught the light. There was practically nothing interesting for me personally (large and beautiful views). Brazhnikov - not a single one, just a banal S. nupta. But a couple of interesting observations:
"two healthy hornets arrived in the middle of the night. Why, all of a sudden, at night?
- a large green grasshopper (its body is twice as short as its wings) crawled up and started eating burnt small butterflies! All my life I thought grasshoppers were herbivores...
The weekend before last, I went to visit Mozhaisk district of the Moscow Region. I was struck by the discrepancy between the mass of flowering compositae in the meadows and the almost complete absence of butterflies. The hand never reached for the net.

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"two healthy hornets arrived in the middle of the night. Why, all of a sudden, at night?
- a large green grasshopper (its body is twice as short as its wings) crawled up and started eating burnt small butterflies! All my life I thought grasshoppers were herbivores...

Belated wasps and bees really fly to the light - and can become God's punishment when the trap is dismantled

Grasshoppers are generally omnivorous-and large species like green, tailed, and gray are generally predatory. The green one must have come to see you. Or tailed.

Belated wasps and bees really fly to the light - and can become God's punishment when the trap is dismantled

Grasshoppers are generally omnivorous-and large species like green, tailed, and gray are generally predatory. The green one must have come to see you. Or tailed.

Late arrivals? It was 1: 15 in the morning, and where were they, I wonder, hanging around?
I didn't know about grasshoppers, thank you so much!

I have hornets regularly come to the light. It is ok.

Yes, hornets fly quite calmly at night.