European part of Russia

14th of April

Today is a great sunny day in Saratov, the second truly spring day this year. Since the Saratov-Engels bridge was closed, it became problematic to get to my usual "hunting grounds" (Lesnoy village)and I decided to shake things up and go to Kumysnaya Polyana. I haven't been here for 2-3 years, and how everything has changed!!! Everything is now private territory, suddenly a huge building (like a hotel) appeared and a whole ski complex grew up....

I walked around the forest park. I was first met by the usual spring nymphalids (in my opinion, they have already been posted here a hundred times) and Archiearis parthenias. Sifted through the forest floor a bit - did you catch something funny ?feel it. I wanted anthills, but I couldn't get closer than 2 meters to them! Dangerous))) There were piles of cyids (2-3 species) and some ordinary mycetophagus on the mushrooms. Also caught the usual spring horses-cicindela campestrika.
I had a good walk. I opened the season.

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Yesterday I got out on the developed swamps in the vicinity of Yaroslavl. The main tasks of the exit were setting soil traps in reeds and visiting the habitat of Apalus bimaculatus. The temperature in the middle of the day exceeded 20 degrees. A lot of overwintered "scales" flew, and I didn't see any of them in the spring, although I didn't really look closely.
One of the tasks was completely solved - the traps were exposed, although when digging at least half of the holes I came across a layer of frozen soil. There are still chunks of thin ice floating in the quarries... But there were only a few pinwheels floating in the water, and I caught several of them in 20 minutes - they turned out to be Gyrinus paykulli!
On the bank of the reservoir I found a dead wood with an anthill of some small black ants, there I found very unusual larvae. m. b. these are myrmecophilic murmurs, photos of larvae in the branch "definition of larvae". the second task was not completed-apalusov was not found, although there were bees. I was there at 3 o'clock in the middle of the heat, I even tried to mow, because I didn't hope for vision - there are a lot of bees in the net, and small elephants and a couple of types of shield-noses from beetles. in the middle of the day, many beetles began to fly, and the interweed steeds became more active on the sand. I tried to shake broken pine branches - only one Pogonocherus fasciculatus.
I will wait for the catch in the soil traps...

April 19, low-cloud summer weather, +20 in the afternoon, with the usual spring brisk wind. In contrast to the warm days of late March, which were full of Nymphalis xanthomelas, there are now quite a lot of Aglais io, most of them more or less battered, although there are quite intact (frame #1). It seems to be io after wintering, but it is not clear why they did not fly out in March along with the xanthomelae? Or they wintered somewhere in the remote cold areas of the forest and warmed up only now, or maybe they are specimens of this year of birth and have already managed to get frayed? There are, although rare, Aglais urticae (#6). Polygonia c-album is quite plentiful, and all of them are fresh (#9 and 18), it seems, 2014. For the first time this spring, Pieris napi (No. 10,11) and Leptidea sinapis (No. 20) appeared. Gonepteryx rhamni has a large number of males and females, which are battered to varying degrees (Nos. 21-23). It seems that the young ones fly along with the overwintered ones. Interestingly, landing on the wing of a fly does not bother rhamni in any way (No. 22). In general, everything in nature boils and develops very quickly. At the pond (No. 16), it is impossible to walk normally for fear of crushing toads, which have accumulated an incredible amount for "spawning" (No. 14, 15). Cuckoos are calling invitingly, it seems that in 7-10 days, earlier than usual, May beetles will fly out.

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Today, together with Andrey Azarov (Andrey A), we took advantage of the good weather and rushed to the Vladimir region to "pick wood". The trip turned out to be the most successful for both of us as we discovered the point Cicindela (Cicindela) sylvatica Linnaeus, 1758.
And quite unexpectedly: I caught a horse and thought that it was a common hybrida, but when I looked at it, my jaw dropped as I had never caught this species.
In total, 3 copies were collected, and five pieces were seen, which indicates non-unity. But it is there narrowly, just on one small patch in the pine forest. Two common species, Cicindela (Cicindela) campestris Linnaeus, 1758 and Cicindela (Cicindela) hybrida Linnaeus, 1758 (both in bulk), also flew in the same place.
Also found.
Elateridae:
1) Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
2) Ampedus (Ampedus) balteatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
2) Ampedus pomorum (Herbst, 1784)
3) Ampedus (Ampedus) tristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
4) Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tenebrionidae:
1) Diaperis boleti (Linnaeus, 1758)
2) Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1761)
3) Upis ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
4) Uloma culinaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
5) Corticeus unicolor Pill. & Mitt.
Some small babies.
And 2 copies have already been noticed. Chalcophora mariana (Linnaeus, 1758) apparently the weather affected...
Of the butterflies, the standard set at this time.

I want to offer you some photos from this trip.
21.04.2014 Vladimir region, Petushinsky district, district, village Old Pools.

Department Store :


Meadow outside the village:


Landscape design:


Peat pond in the forest:


"Little Dragon":


Toddlers:


Corticeus unicolor Pill. & Mitt.


My modest fee:


And finally, the most important thing!
Biotopes of the main trophy



Cicindela (Cicindela) sylvatica Linnaeus, 1758

Well, that's probably all

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 21.04.2014 21: 08

20 April. +20 degrees, cloudless, light to moderate wind. After waiting for the heat, nature is raging. Young bull-whiskered birds flew out: Callophrys rubi (frame # 1), Celastrina argiolus (#2,3), Araschnia levana (#4), Gonepteryx rhamni (#5,6), Anthocharis cardamines (it was not possible to remove it, a very restless butterfly in its youth). There were only a few ragged Nymphalis xanthomelas and one Nymphalis l-album, and they were plentiful at the end of March. The number of Archiearis parthenias has also greatly decreased (No. 8,9). But there were a lot of different degrees of scuff Aglais io (No. 7), which were completely absent at the end of March along with other nymphalids. Polygonia c-album seems to be young too (No. 10). A lot of light small moth flies (like they look like epirrhoe...), they don't land anywhere, they are blown away by the wind, they couldn't be removed either.

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A small addition to the report of vasiliy-feoktistov:
I came across one Bothrideres bipunctatus (Gmelin, 1790), and
Corticeus suturalis (Pykull, 1800) and Corticeus fraxini (Kugelann, 1794)

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In contrast to the warm days of late March, which were full of Nymphalis xanthomelas, there are now quite a lot of Aglais io, most of them more or less battered, although there are quite intact (frame #1). It seems to be io after wintering, but it is not clear why they did not fly out in March along with the xanthomelae? Or they wintered somewhere in the remote cold areas of the forest and warmed up only now, or maybe they are specimens of this year of birth and have already managed to get frayed? There are, although rare, Aglais urticae (#6). Polygonia c-album is quite plentiful, and all of them are fresh (#9 and 18), it seems, 2014. Gonepteryx rhamni has a large number of males and females, which are battered to varying degrees (Nos. 21-23). It seems that the young ones fly along with the overwintered ones.

All overwintered. Fresh ones will be available much later. Xanthomelas and polychloroses, as a rule, fly out en masse after wintering first, with the first warm days. Io and tsealbum can also appear in small quantities, but a more massive departure occurs somewhat later. If spring is late, all this can be synchronized, but this year is not the case. At least that's the case for us.

Good day to all forumchanam. On weekends (from Saturday, April 19 to Monday morning, April 21), I went to the dacha again. This time, everything was right for a good catch. The weather (especially during the day) was perfect-the temperature is over 20 degrees Celsius, absolutely clear, the wind is not strong. Except that it was a little chilly at night, but by and large, the butterflies didn't mind. On Saturday, I left the city early in the morning. At 11:30 I was already in Sergeyevo. And while walking from Sergeyevo to Krasnoarmeysky, I met the first big surprise on the road. On a stretch of road that runs past a mixed forest, I suddenly noticed a male Celastrina argiolus flying up from the mud of the road. The net was put away in a bag, it was necessary to get it out and collect it. There was a high risk of repeating the same story that happened to Epirranthis diversata during the last trip to the country (I wrote about this in the previous report). But, fortunately for me, the golubyanka was in no hurry to fly anywhere, so I calmly took out and collected the net and caught the first trophy on this trip. Why am I writing about this meeting as a big surprise? Yes, because April 19 is very early for Celastrina argiolus. Usually this species flies in my area around May 1, but last year, due to late spring, the first instance of this species was recorded on May 7. In addition, looking ahead, I want to say that this trip will not be the only surprise of this kind.

In the afternoon (I left the house just after 13:00) I walked to the vicinity of the neighboring village of Polki (in the opposite direction from the village of Sergeevo). The main biotopes located in this direction are floodplain meadows along the banks of the Teza and Granddaughter rivers, mixed forests, dry meadows of anthropogenic origin (such as abandoned agricultural fields), in addition, inside the mixed forest behind the village of Polki there is a fairly large swamp, but I did not go there during this walk. Nothing particularly interesting was collected. Archiearis parthenias males were already worn out, I met only one female, and Boudinotiana notha did not meet either. The standard set of overwintering mace-whiskered lepidoptera flew, all the same species as in previous field trips, the only thing that increased the number of Aglais io and Polygonia c-album. I have seen one specimen of C. argiolus and Callophrys rubi pigeons from fresh macaws, but, unfortunately, neither one nor the other was collected. I didn't have a chance to collect the raspberry, I saw it from afar, just for a moment, then it took off abruptly, sped off into the bushes and was lost from sight. As for C. argiolus, there was an offensive blunder. Endromis versicolora did not encounter any during the day. Inspection of the trunks of deciduous trees also gave no results. In general, I was not very happy with the afternoon walk.















































Conditions during the light gathering on Saturday evening (April 19) were not the best: the temperature after ten in the evening dropped to no more than plus 3 degrees, absolutely clear sky, not a cloud. However, as practice has shown, the cool weather did not bother the butterflies. This time there were no special surprises in terms of species composition. Brachionycha nubeculosa and Cerastis rubricosa predominated among the scoops, and a few C. leucographa were isolated from the mass. We flew Lithophane sp. – several L. socia, three L. furcifera, one L. consocia (which is a little strange, because, as a rule, L. consocia is larger than L. furcifera). Another oddity is that Conistra rubiginea was common, while the commonly occurring Conistra vaccinii and Eupsilia transversa were isolated. Orthosia cerasi, O. cruda and O. gracilis (which is normal) and O. gothica (which is not normal, they usually occur more often) were found in separate specimens. O. incerta flew only one. Apparently, this species, which is very common in previous years, has a serious decline this season. The tide of life went down. The following moth species arrived: many Biston strataria and Lycia hirtaria, isolated Phigalia pilosaria, Trichopteryx carpinata, Earophila badiata, Anticlea derivata, Cleora cinctaria. Normal recruitment for this time, only E. badiata, A. derivata and C. cinctaria flew out a little early. Traditionally, many were Achlya flavicornis. Only one crested bird, Odontosia sieversi, arrived (male). E. versicolora did not arrive.





On Sunday, April 20, I decided to go in the opposite direction and moved in the direction of the village of Sergeyevo, went behind it and eventually reached the village of Kleshchevka. Biotopes in these places are almost the same as in those places where I went on Saturday, the only difference is that the mixed forests in the vicinity of the village of Sergeevo and the village of Kleshchevka contain a large number of oaks and aspens. This time everything was much more successful than the last one, we met very interesting and unexpected things. On the approach to Sergeyevo, I saw a mourning woman, but I couldn't catch her again. Further – more. Beyond Sergeyevo, near the village of Novaya (the village of Sergeyevo and the village of Novaya are two formally different localities, but they are so close to each other that I think it's time to unite them), I was waiting for a new and very big surprise. Belyanka flew through the edge of the mixed forest. At first, I thought that this was a common Gonepteryx rhamni, but the small size and orange reflections when flapping wings left no reason for doubt. It was a male sunbird (Anthocharis cardamines)! April 20 is very early for this species! Last year, the first dawn was collected on May 13, and usually this species (as well as other species of whiteflies wintering at the pupal stage) flies in my area around May 9. After passing the village of Novaya, in a meadow that was still an agricultural field in the recent past, near the edge of a mixed forest, I noticed a spring bird flying at a low altitude. I always check the spring girls, because I need A. parthenias and B. notha females of either sex. And that's right – this spring girl turned out to be a female B. notha! Then I caught another one and missed at least one. Catching B. notha at this point was very joyful for me, because aspen trees are gorgeous there, and B. notha has never been encountered there before. Now this abnormal state of affairs is corrected. During this hike, another male zorka was caught (near the village of Kleshchevka), as well as on the way back a female zorka (between Kleshchevka and Sergeevo), rutabaga (Pieris napi) and whitefly Leptidea sp. (behind the village of Sergeyevo). All this at this time of year in theory should not fly, but practice shows otherwise. Just a year of sverhrannyh departures of some kind! It seems that due to the abnormally early spring, flights of almost all species have shifted by half a month, and those species that should start flying at the end of the first decade of May are starting to fly now this year. Recent reports on the topic "Moscow and the Moscow Region" only confirm this conclusion. You see, it's not far to the swallowtails with peacock eyes! In addition, there was something that does not look so bright against the background of previous cases, but is still valuable to me. In particular, three A. parthenias females and two T. carpinata moths were collected during this walking tour.!! although usually this is a night view and should not occur during the day). In general, the entry into the field was a success, with the exception of the only moment – there were no E. versicolora, which I would also like to collect.











































The species composition of the butterflies that arrived on Sunday evening was identical to that of Saturday evening, but there were several interesting and important differences for me. First, we finally managed to catch E. diversata! A male has arrived at the light! Previously, I managed to collect this type only once, on April 21, 2012. That time I caught a male during the day. This time, a male was collected again, but already in the light, and this will be only the second copy of this species in my collection! Secondly, we finally managed to meet E. versicolora this year! There aren't many of them this season, I haven't seen one during the day, and only one is born, although there are usually four or six individuals per night. Population decline? Maybe we'll see what happens next. Third, this time Anorthoa munda was added to the species composition of the scoops that arrived last night, and there was not a single O. incerta. O. incerta seems to have a very serious decline. Crested O. sieversi again arrived only one. This evening, compared to the previous one, was also notable for the fact that two large beetles arrived at the light-the great black water-lover (Hydrophilus aterrimus) and the fringed swimmer (Dytiscus marginalis).

Question for everyone – have you met O. incerta this year? We are primarily interested in data for the Moscow Region and other regions in the center of the European part of Russia. In my area this season, O. incerta simply does not exist, I wonder how things are going with this species in other forumchan?



Some more butterflies from the catch in close-up:

Endromis versicolora


Epirranthis diversata


Earophila badiata and Anticlea derivata


Cerastis rubricosa and Cerastis leucographa


This very interesting specimen of Orthosia cerasi was initially mistaken for Orthosia opima. Experts are still asked to confirm the correctness of the definition.


Odontosia sieversi


On Monday morning, along the entire length of the Krasnoarmeyskoye – Sergeevo road, male springbirds (Archiearinae) were encountered, they took off from the road mud as I passed by. Already in Ivanovo, I saw P. napi flying on the street.

Unfortunately, some disappointing news is coming in the near future. The cold snap starts again. From Wednesday, April 23, weather forecasters transmit a temperature of 9-11 degrees Celsius in the center of the European part of Russia during the day, a serious minus (5-7 degrees of cold) at night, and on some days the temperature will drop to 3-5 degrees during the day. How long this cold snap will last is unknown. It seems that after a period of very warm weather and, as a result, a rapid awakening, nature again decided to take a break.

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Sergey, try to switch the photo device to manual setting set the sensitivity to 100 units, maximum photo size, aperture 22, maximum wide angle, 20 degrees., timer for 10 seconds, put the photo device on a flat surface (if there is no tripod), in front of the lens at the minimum focusing distance of the impaled butterflies, set the shutter speed for normal illumination, it can and a few seconds. and shoot. and compare the results and the flash photo.

  

This very interesting specimen of Orthosia cerasi was initially mistaken for Orthosia opima.

Female Orthosia gracilis, a larger species than Orthosia cerasi, is clearly visible in the photo.

Orthosia incerta this year is there, but very little, this year Achlya flavicornis hike instead. When we went with Gennadich (see the report) to catch fish at his dacha and in the surrounding area, for example, we probably met no more than 5 pieces in two nights.

Hello everyone

I decided to diversify the post with some animals.
In the forest I came across a gorgeous fox. He was walking towards me on an old forest road and I thought that he would rest on my knees, but he stopped and put his foot on the nearest tree (seen in the photo) and at that moment he saw me. Very surprised ! He stared at me in surprise for a few more seconds.
I saw a couple of vipers for the first time in this area, hares and squirrels. Liverwort and dream grass are in full bloom. There are a lot of butterflies: all overwintering, spring flowers and versicolors. They fly with all their might.

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flying C. rubi, somehow early for St. Petersburg.

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Well, this one seems a little early for April 18, too.

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And this is during the day, for fun.

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a little late, but still ...
from 18 to 20 the main goals shone in Chaplyginsky and Dobrovsky districts of the Lipetsk region
: 1-xylene, 2-lanestris, 3 - females of endromis-for eggs-easter after all, well, in the order of incredible luck - elusive sivesi (there must be somewhere )
weather this year the year is just xxx, respectively, and the years are not so hot. all butterflies, such a feeling, as soon as they were born


We didn't see Xylene, but Lanestris, at least one of them, did


these guys were the most numerous




there were no endromis females and not enough males


during the day I picked stumps-it was sad


some small moth flew in, like Eupithecia / perizoma, but I haven't looked at who it is yet. several diversates and female hirtarii were born. raspberries flew out. in general, it is rather sparse.

one nebulicose committed an incomprehensible act of " catalepsy." I was reminded of last year. one night a lot of butterflies did this-they fell on their backs on the underlying sheet and lay there all night. why would that be


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Perhaps someone will be interested to know what is flying this April to lamp in the Leningrad region. However, this region is not often covered on the forum. Here is a list of people who visited me at my dacha in the Luzhsky district on the night of April 22.
1. Endromis versicolora - 3 males (and two seen during the day).
2. Acasis viretata - for the first time, a new species for the collection
3. Eupithecia lanceata
4. Trichopteryx polycommata
5. T. carpinata
6. Earophila badiata (in bulk)
7. Biston strataria (many)
8. Lycia hirtaria
9, L. pomonaria
10. Cleora cinctaria
11. Epirranthis diversata
12. Achlya flavicornis (in the wild mass, some mated under a lamp)
13. Eupsilia transversa
14. Lithophane socia
15. Conistra rubiginea (few pieces, surprised by the absence of the more common C. vaccinii).
16. Brachionycha nubeculosa (one)
17. Orthosia gothica (many)
18. O. incerta (two or three)
19. O. populeti
20. Cerastis rubricosa (many)
21. C. leucographa
22. Panolis flammea
Like everything. The night was starry, there was no moon, it was cold, but without fog. The day before that, however, was very warm.

Hello everyone We have already flown 100 km from St. Petersburg, I saw 8 pieces in two days.

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Today I went to my point in the Vladimir region in order to check the last time I found a population of the forest steed Cicindela (Cicindela) sylvatica Linnaeus, 1758 (last report). The weather was bad, but still 1 copy. managed to collect it. Happy to the point of insanity again
I want to offer some photos. It doesn't make sense to present views on them, because they are all quite well-known. The only thing worth noting is that Maysky Khrushchev Vostochny has already begun to come out a little (2 copies were noticed). Isn't it a little early? Something strange is happening to nature
28.04.2014 Vladimir region, Petushinsky district, okr. der. Starye Omutischi:

Forest edge near the railway platform


An old clearing in a high swamp


Young dragon


Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)


Bedbug


Quite an interesting larva


Ubiquitous Upis ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758)


First crunch of Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801


My modest fee

Well, that's probably all. Unfortunately, the weather failed (

Quite an interesting larva


Lygistopterus sanguineus

And on Sunday I ran in the Kremenki-Protvino district of Serpukhov district through pine forests, similar to Vasina Mesto, I did not find silvatiki, although I caught several new species for myself,I think the peak of spring coleoptera will be on the May holidays, because night temperatures are very low now, and slow down the whole process,and we'll find Sylvatika,and Vasya will pack her dozens for the congress!!!

And on Sunday I ran in the Kremenki-Protvino district of Serpukhov district through pine forests, similar to Vasina Mesto, I did not find silvatiki, although I caught several new species for myself,I think the peak of spring coleoptera will be on the May holidays, because night temperatures are very low now, and slow down the whole process,and we'll find Sylvatika,and Vasya will pack her dozens for the congress!!!

Maxim, sylvatics as far as I understand it is narrow-minded. There is a huge array of similar places in which there are a lot of campestris and hybrids running everywhere. But sylvatica only comes across on one small patch. Here you need to look for a point in the literal sense.

I agree, but perseverance plus luck will help in our difficult task, I can add-sylvatica differs from other species in size and color, you will find one-you will find a station,and there is a matter of technology, I wonder-what they mostly eat-is it really in a food dispute with a hybrid, because campestris is always smaller in quantity...?

I agree, but perseverance plus luck will help in our difficult task, I can add-sylvatica differs from other species in size and color, you will find one-you will find a station,and there is a matter of technology, I wonder-what they mostly eat-is it really in a food dispute with a hybrid, because campestris is always less in quantity...?

There are a lot of campestris there, much more hybrids, and next to the house (in the Railway Station on the contrary, there are a lot of hybrids, and campestris is a single one). There are a lot of incomprehensible things here

About exactly silvatika Sergukha said that in some places it also runs in herds, and dominates others, it is in Kalzhsk. region, there are several pseudo-points, I will check-but not one day there the issue is resolved, because from me 89 km, you need to go, and work does not let you break....

Walking along the Desna River on April 26. It starts to warm up after a sharp cold snap with a northerly wind, during the day +17. Interesting and beautiful time of the year. Cherry blossoms are blooming, geese are flying north, finches and warblers are building nests, the first village swallows have arrived. Overwintered xanthomeles and C-album cluster near the water's edge, preferring stripped
, dry, partially dried willows. Many males and females of Gonepteryx rhamni fly, young Pieris napi and Leptidea sinapis are often found, less often males of Anthocharis cardamines, and occasionally Celastrina argiolus are found. Some small light motes fly without stopping and are inaccessible to visual detection. The slopes to the water under the willow trees are covered with a carpet of blooming Glechoma hederacea (frame 6), on which buzzing flies, bees and bumblebees. Leaf-eating beetles actively mate, a water-loving beetle flew to the sand by the road, crawled there and flew away (frames 13-16, beetle experts, tell me what these beetles are called in Latin).

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Walk in the Bryansk region on April 27. Warm, 18-20 degrees. Spring is rapidly progressing, the vegetation changes noticeably every week, and the animal world is trying to keep up. Abnormally early, today, the first swifts appeared. The cuckoos are the loudest (frame 2), and small birds rattle all over the forest (including a robin, frame 5). Pyrgus malvae (3), Minoa murinata (8), Ematurga atomaria (10), Hypoxystis pluviaria (13,14), and Pararge aegeria (22) were the first to fly out. Nematopogon metaxella (16-18) flies in some places. I couldn't determine what the gaps are in frames 20 and 29, experts, please tell me. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and spring flowers are pleasing to the eye, almost replacing earlier crested flowers, honeydew and goose onions.

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tell me what kind of butterfly long-whiskered, I also got

tell me what kind of butterfly long-whiskered, I also came across

Nematopogon swammerdamella

Such a generic name is good for demobbers to tease...

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Today I was in the suburban forest for work and while everyone was working, I picked up a couple of lying pine trunks. The main set is banal and uninteresting: Ampedus balteatus, A. nigroflavus, Diaperis boleti, Peltis ferruginea. On the branches of various deciduous trees there are several species of common leaf beetles.
Under the bark of one of the pines there was an anthill of some small black ants, and I, remembering the recent article by Igor Solodovnikov about myrmicophiles, decided to take a closer look. What was my surprise when I discovered a dozen and a half Myrmecophilus acervorum crickets (Panzer, 1799), which I recently read about in connection with the report of Boris Loboda dated 12.04. Although not my group, the animal is extremely interesting and it was very exciting to see it for the first time in natural conditions. I took a couple of pieces - now I think how best to save them
Crickets turned out to be very agile, they jump quite well, for the inhabitants of the subcortical space, and even ants made a commotion, so only the only photo on which at least something can be seen.


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29.04.2014

A trip to the vicinity of the Budanova Gora outlier was planned for today.

The weather is terrible, overcast, sometimes it can rain, only +10, in the afternoon +15
Spring is very late this year. Last year, in the first days of May, racehorses, dorcadions, T-shirts, crowds of elephants, etc. were already running with might and main. We
managed to catch two more or less good elephants, but I expected more...
I will be very grateful for the definition of plants.

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  29.04.2014

A trip to the vicinity of the Budanova Gora outlier was planned for today.

The weather is terrible, overcast, sometimes it can rain, only +10, in the afternoon +15
Spring is very late this year. Last year, in the first days of May, racehorses, dorcadions, T-shirts, crowds of elephants, etc. were already running with might and main. We
managed to catch two more or less good elephants, but I expected more...
I will be very grateful for the definition of plants.

Yeah! Straight horse is not lying around yet!

A few more shots with spring insects and species, taken on April 29. Very summery weather, +21 degrees, light South wind. Even Hypoxystis pluviaria, which fly continuously until the middle of the day, get tired of the heat, sit down and let themselves be photographed. The rest of the lepidoptera and beetles only slightly reduce the intensity of their activity when the clouds cover the sun. The area is very decorated with blooming plums and pears, apple trees are just about to bloom.
If someone can tell me the correct names of the beetles in frames 7-8, 23 (like some kind of elephant) and 26-27 (a large beetle about 4 cm long), I would be very grateful.

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Good day to all forum participants! I want to present you a report on fishing in the Shuisky district of the Ivanovo region on Sunday (April 27) in the vicinity of the village of Petrilovo and from Sunday to Tuesday (April 27 - 29) in the vicinity of the village of Krasnoarmeyskoye.

On Sunday, April 27, taking advantage of the availability of free time, together with a like-minded person in terms of passion for lepidoptera Oleg Lebedev (aka OlegSSSR), we went for one day to the area of the village of Petrilovo. The purpose of the trip was to collect fresh mace-whiskered lepidoptera (I was particularly interested in golubenki and Araschnia levana), as well as to collect motley-whiskered lepidoptera with daytime activity-Endromis versicolora and peacock-eyes. The collection of males of Aglia tau was planned to be done with a net on the fly, for the collection of males of Saturnia pavonia, I had a virgin female in advance, purchased last year at the 7th International Congress of the Entomological Forum / 5th International Entomological Fair (many thanks to Andrey Lyutikov aka Babistr for the material provided!). Some of the planned plans were implemented, some were not, and in some cases the plan was even exceeded. The weather was not very favorable - it was cool, the sun was sometimes covered by clouds, and the wind might not be very strong or very cold, but it was still unpleasant. Lepidoptera flew not constantly, but in separate episodes - during sunny windows between gusts of wind.
After disembarking from the bus, we walked along a dirt road to the so-called sewage treatment plants, which, as it turned out later, have not been used for their intended purpose for fifteen years. Here I would like to make some digression from entomology. On the bank of the reservoir were two cars with fishermen who were trying to catch something there. Oleg, in addition to his passion for entomology, also shows an interest in fishing, and therefore we started a conversation about whether any fish can be found in this reservoir and, if so, what kind. Oleg decided to find out for sure, and we went to one of the crews with fishermen. After talking to people, it was found that crucian carp are found in this reservoir, in addition, in winter these reservoirs are used to collect bloodworms and then sell them. However, it was on this day that the fishermen were without a catch. My partner said that it was still too early for the carp, because the water is not warmed up enough, it will appear in about a week. Such are the cases. Next to the sewage treatment plants, they saw an abandoned, destroyed two-story building of unknown purpose.
The presence of fishermen without a catch at the very beginning of the day was clearly not a good sign. The first hours of the hike inspired pessimism, practically nothing flew. But I believed that everything would be fine, repeatedly saying that I just had to wait a little longer, and in the end everything turned out that way.
On the way to the pond with fishermen, we met only one overwintering mace-whiskered lepidoptera-one Aglais urticae and Nymphalis xanthomelas. The first significant butterfly we encountered was when we were returning from the reservoir to the main road. Walking at the top of the slope, we saw a red object fly up from the ground, which flew sluggishly for a couple of meters and landed again. At first I thought it was a moth of Archiearinae, but Oleg, who was very attentive that day, corrected me, saying that it was A. levana. I immediately covered the butterfly that landed on the ground with a net, it really turned out to be a female variegated moth of fairly decent quality, with only a slight scuff on the upper right wing.
Returning to the main road, we followed it past the riding swamp to explore the area beyond the swamp. After passing through the swamp, we turned off and walked through a meadow near the edge of the forest. There were no significant butterflies for us, and even insignificant ones were very few. Gonepteryx rhamni began to fly slowly. On the way back, we noticed something vaguely reminiscent of the spring Archiearinae.
Then we decided to split up temporarily: Oleg decided to go back behind the swamp, to the reservoirs, to see if anything interesting was flying there at the moment, while I decided to make a call to the swamp, check it for Callophrys rubi pigeons. In addition, as Gennadyich wrote in the topic "Moscow and the Moscow region", female moth Epirranthis diversata can fly in the upper swamps during the day, which I also really need. Unfortunately, during a short inspection, nothing was found. Most likely, the weather failed. There were gusts of wind. In addition, at the most inopportune moment, it suddenly turned out that one of my rubber boots was thin, leaking water, and I had to quickly retreat from the swamp without eating salt.





















On the way from the upper swamp, I also didn't see anything interesting, although I was counting on C. rubi flying out of the swamp, in addition, on Archiearinae moths sitting on the road mud, especially on Boudinotiana notha, because there were a lot of aspens in this place.





An animal was found in the swamp, which sometimes, from time to time, strangles some particularly greedy people:







Returning from the swamp to the pond, I called Oleg, because I did not see him in sight. He heard me and told me to go to him immediately, as he found something very interesting. We quickly made our way to the place where he found something. He pointed to a butterfly perched on the trunk of a birch tree under a twig quite high up. I looked up and, to put it mildly, was very surprised. The cocoonworm Phyllodesma sp. was sitting on the trunk of a birch tree.! Moreover, judging by the rather large size of the specimen, it was possible to assume that it was a female. This is a godsend so a godsend! That's so lucky! That butterfly alone was worth the trip. Cocoonworms of the genus Phyllodesma sp. in the Ivanovo region, as well as almost everywhere else in central Russia, there are three species-P. ilicifolia, P. tremulifolia and P. japonica, and all of them are rare, and it is sometimes extremely difficult to collect males even in the light. And here is a female, but not in the light, but just found in nature, on the trunk of a tree. I do not know any cases of cocoonworms of the genus Phyllodesma sp. caught not in the light, but found in the daytime in nature. Question to all forum participants: are you aware of any other such cases? If so, please write here, very interesting.





A birch tree on which the female Phyllodesma sp. was sitting.:



Sometimes the entomologist's share is not easy. The wonders of acrobatics sometimes have to be shown. In the next photo, Oleg Lebedev takes a female cocoonworm Phyllodesma sp. from the trunk of a birch tree.:



The biotope in which this specimen was found:







After this discovery, it was decided to carefully examine all the birch trees growing nearby. Unfortunately, this measure did not bring results.
Then we decided to move along the main road in the direction of the upper swamp and reservoirs, examining the glades located next to the roadside. G. rhamni was already flying with might and main, and it would be logical to expect something more interesting to appear. And, as practice has shown, they did not expect in vain. A. levana was caught in one of these meadows. Then the second one. Then a third. As a result, we decided to stay in this place for a while, at the same time have a snack and drink tea. During this pause, several more Mottled moth flies were collected, as well as two Anthocharis cardamines and Leptidea sp. But suddenly Oleg noticed a large red butterfly flying towards us. I took a net and went fishing. After slashing the air a few times with the net, he let out a sigh of frustration. The butterfly flew away. Undoubtedly, it was a large, very good quality (because this species in my area is still just beginning to fly) male A. tau! A very real chance was lost. No more red peacock eyes were found, and during the hike there were several more E. versicolora, which were also not caught. Then we continued along the main road, looking at the open areas, but since they were more open than the clearing we had found earlier, and therefore more windswept, nothing flew on them. Returning to the first clearing, we caught another pair of A. levana.











It was already the second half of the day, about two o'clock, when it was decided to start attracting males of S. pavonia to a virgin female. For this purpose, Oleg made a special device, which is a metal frame, on which a well-permeable mesh is put (something like an anti-mosquito net). Then all this is hung on a tree. A female is placed inside this device. To be honest, neither he nor I had any hopes for the success of this event, but, as further events showed, very much in vain. After hanging the trap on a tree branch, they returned to the clearing where they had recently collected mottledwings. We sat down, drank tea, and collected two more A. levana. When the time was about three o'clock, we decided to check out what was going on in the place where we fixed the trap with the female. We came to this place, took a look and couldn't believe our eyes! A whole herd of S. pavonia male butterflies runs around a tree with a trap hanging on it. While they were sitting somewhere chasing teas, a whole bunch of them flew in! Naturally, they immediately started waving the net and catching them. Not all of them were of good quality, but both Oleg and I managed to collect several copies of very decent quality. Closer to four o'clock, the next vacationers arrived at the reservoir, we were clearly visible from the slope and, in order not to confuse the gentlemen vacationers by waving a net in the air, we decided to move to another place, along the central road beyond the swamp. Several more males of S. pavonia arrived here. While we were moving to a new location, I managed to grab another Leptidea sp. and A. levana. at five o'clock, the male pavonias gradually faded away, and we decided to wind down.





I would like to mention one interesting behavior characteristic of male pavonias. Although the trap with the female was hanging on a branch, but the males tried to find the female for some reason at the base of the trunk and climbed into the bushes. Oleg suggested that in nature, females always sit on trunks and, accordingly, males instinctively look for females on them. Only one male out of all those who arrived flew to the right place. Apparently, males sense the general direction of where the female is sitting, but they can't specify her exact location, and they instinctively look for her in the trunk area.

My catch:





Oleg's Catch:











Then we parted ways. Oleg returned to the city, he went to work the next day, but I had a free day the next day, and I decided to go to the dacha, since both places (the village of Petrilovo and the village of Krasnoarmeyskoye) are located not far from each other in the same (Shuisky) district.

I arrived at the dacha late in the evening, at eight o'clock. I immediately prepared a light fishing rig. The weather was not favorable-clear, cold. it was sluggish. Of the scoops, the ubiquitous Cerastis rubricosa prevailed. This year, this species is found in huge numbers, it seems that much more than in previous years. In terms of quantity, this species became a full-fledged substitute for Orthosia incerta, which arrived that night in the amount of one specimen. Unlike the last exit, there was no C. leucographa. The following scoops also arrived (I write only what I took): Orthosia gothica (1), O. cerasi (1), motes (all one at a time): Cleora cinctaria, Trichopteryx carpinata, Earophila badiata, Hypoxystis pluviaria. E. versicolora and Odontosia sieversi one at a time.



On Monday afternoon (April 28), he made a walking trip in the direction of the neighboring village of Polki to explore the dry meadows and the upper swamp located there for mace-whiskered lepidoptera flying there, and in addition, to continue collecting S. pavonia males for a virgin female. After the end of the males on Sunday, I did not do anything with the female, but kept her with me in the hope of continuing this business the next day, and, as it turned out, I hoped in vain. The males didn't arrive. Either the female was exhausted, or, more likely, the weather failed. It was worse than the first day. It was overcast, and that says it all.

First, I visited an entomologically interesting gentle slope located between the village of Polki and the next village of Klochkovo. There I always, almost every year, saw and caught A. tau. The point, as they say, is absolutely impossible. But this time there were no red peacock eyes. Cloudy weather has done its dirty work. I saw only a few flying zores, caught one, and also a pigeon Celastrina argiolus, which I also collected.

Then I went through the dry meadows behind the village of Polki near the edge of the forest in the direction of the upper swamp. Nothing interesting flew, all the same A. cardamines, Pieris napi and Leptidea sp.. Well, unless a lone male E. versicolora flew by.























But I still managed to find something interesting. First I saw a female Endromis versicolora sitting on a branch in a small birch tree:



Then I found a copulating pair of Anthocharis cardamines sitting on a flower:



When I got to the edge of the riding swamp, I assembled an installation for catching male pavonias on virgin females. As I wrote above, this did not bring any significant results. Of the relative successes - a good quality male A. levana.











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I don't know about you, but we already have swallowtails flying!!
In short, summer has come very early this year!
Here's what I've picked up over the last couple of days:

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Returning from the swamp to the pond, I called Oleg, because I did not see him in sight. He heard me and told me to go to him immediately, as he found something very interesting. We quickly made our way to the place where he found something. He pointed to a butterfly perched on the trunk of a birch tree under a twig quite high up. I looked up and, to put it mildly, was very surprised. The cocoonworm Phyllodesma sp. was sitting on the trunk of a birch tree.! Moreover, judging by the rather large size of the specimen, it was possible to assume that it was a female. This is a godsend so a godsend! That's so lucky! That butterfly alone was worth the trip. Cocoonworms of the genus Phyllodesma sp. in the Ivanovo region, as well as almost everywhere else in central Russia, there are three species-P. ilicifolia, P. tremulifolia and P. japonica, and all of them are rare, and it is sometimes extremely difficult to collect males even in the light. And here is a female, but not in the light, but just found in nature, on the trunk of a tree. I do not know any cases of cocoonworms of the genus Phyllodesma sp. caught not in the light, but found in the daytime in nature. Question to all forum participants: are you aware of any other such cases? If so, please write here, very interesting.

And the cocoonworm is Ph. ilicifolia! Cool!

Continuation.

After attaching a male pavonias collection rig to a virgin female in a tree, I decided to explore the riding swamp along the way. Nothing interesting was found in the swamp. All I saw were two robin doves that had somehow escaped from the net, and another moth, either a female Epirranthis diversata or an Archiearinae, but it was flying too high to be caught.

























On the way back, I met a beetle (Meloe (Meloe) violaceus)



The catch was not rich:



I would like to make two interesting conclusions about the daily fishing experience. First of all, the Archiearinae moths have moved away very quickly this year. From past experience, it is known that spring days in my area are active at least until the middle, or even until the twenties, of May. This year it is still only the end of April - and spring holidays have almost come to naught. And secondly, there were very few pigeons - both C. rubi and C. argiolus, although in such a spring it would have been time for them to start flying long ago.

On the night from Monday (April 28) to Tuesday (April 29), the flight was not good again, but still better than the previous night. The species diversity was relatively large due to the fact that many species arrived in small numbers, one or three specimens each. There were no Endromises or Siversies. There were many species that usually start flying in mid-May, but this year they took off at the end of April. But, by and large, there was only one truly interesting specimen - a male cocoonworm Phyllodesma tremulifolia. Thus, specimens of two species of cocoonworms of the genus Phyllodesma sp. they were collected in one trip! In general, specimens of the following types were taken::
Cerastis rubricosa (1)
Cleora cinctaria (5)
Ectropis crepuscularia (1)
Hypoxystis pluviaria (1)
Aethalura punctulata(2)
Eupithecia lanceata(2)
Eupithecia sp., not lanceata (1)
Trichopteryx carpinata(3)
Nola sp.(2)
Nycteola ?degenerana(1)
Clostera pigra(1)
Drepana falcataria(1)
Falcaria lacertinaria(1)
Phyllodesma tremulifolia(1)

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