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Oh, I think I found the same one the time before last, only with a less pronounced pattern

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Her! This is Conistra rubiginosa
If you look closely , there are other elements of the drawing that are black.

once again I make sure that all scoops are the same and I will never understand them

Once again, I am convinced that all scoops are the same and I will never understand them

I also thought so once

So, I hope, it will be clear how their black drawing correlates.:

so it can be seen, +1
how will you learn to distinguish them, especially subfamilies and genera?? If you understand this, then the views will be easier.. and it seems like a bunch of identical butterflies, and these are different genera, not like species..

so it can be seen, +1
how will you learn to distinguish them, especially subfamilies and genera?? If you understand this, then the views will be easier.. and it seems like a bunch of identical butterflies, and these are different genera, not like species..

I'd say you should do this:
1) Catch a lot of different ones.
2) Let a specialist determine them.
3) Place them by system.
4) Study the systematic list of species in the region to find out how many species in which genus you have, whether there are similar ones in the same genus or close ones.

So makar for a couple of years and start to understand

This Sunday (16.03) I decided to open the season after all and went to my usual gathering place - Lyapinsky quarries in the Yaroslavl ROC. The forest was still full of snow, just below the knee. Thawing was found only in open places and even then a little. It was not necessary to count on the fact that some beetles would be active in such conditions, so the main blow was inflicted on their winter apartments. And I must say quite effectively. The catch is as follows:
1. Tachyta nana - large clusters under the bark of birch logs
2. Dromius sp., possibly sigma, but you still need to check - I pinched a couple under the bark of aspen
3. Phosphuga atrata-came across in significant quantities under the bark in damp places, did not wake up
4. Cyphon sp. - 1 copy. under the moss on the aspen trunk
5. Dicerca acuminata - last year's corpse in the thickness of the bark
6. Rhizophagus bipustulatus-under the bark of birch
7. Silvanus unidentatus - under the bark of a birch stump
8. Bitoma crenata-singly and in groups under the bark of birch and aspen
9. Upis ceramboides - 1 specimen. under aspen bark
10. Bolitophagus reticulatus - under birch bark
11. Phratora vulgatissima - under bark and moss on aspen trunks
12. Phratora vitellinae-in the same
place 13. Dorytomus nordenskioldi - at least so it was determined by Isaev, under moss on aspen trunks
14. Mycetophagus tschitscherini-a couple under the bark of a birch stump
15. Trypodendron sp. - under the moss on the trunks of aspens
, In addition, I found a large caterpillar Cossus, captured a spring bird, it was still quite soft, it did not reach home Under the bark it was full of bear caterpillars, a scoop. Spiders, millipedes, and other creatures were running around in the crowd. So the season is open!!!

Anthrenus, congratulations from the bottom of my heart! Well, I'm looking forward to doing some goofing around next weekend...

Apparently, with its reports on fishing in sunny Moldova, Ripper has spread the soul of many...
On Sunday, March 16, I also decided to open the field season ahead of schedule. Moreover, the previous week was warm and the snow in the city was melting very intensively... To open the season, I went to the outskirts of the city in the nearest forest. Take a walk, have fun and pick up podkorniks. I didn't count on anything worthwhile, because the forest was thoroughly"trampled" by me and Anthrenus,om. The edges of the forest were already free of snow, which made me happy and hopeful. Immediately, a flaccid staphylin from the Tachyporus river was collected on the branch. When we went deeper into the forest, the mood began to deteriorate, there was not much snow in the spring! I had to go on trails and ski slopes. An attempt to " cut " a corner on virgin land led to a fall in the snow above the knee... I reached the anthill-the domes were out of the snow, but still covered with a frozen crust. In total, the walk was just over two hours, the results showed: Rhagium inquisitor series - under the bark of dead larch (interestingly, the tree has been lying around for five years, and barbels have only just begun to hatch); Pityogenes irkutensis (broken pine branch); Phthorophloeus spinulosus (lower branches of spruce); Dendrophagus crenatus (under the bark of standing pine); Pytho depressus (under the bark of standing pine). And the most" delicious " find is Boros schneideri. This is the third "point" of this very rare species in the Yaroslavl region.

The outings of Anthrenus and Elizar are impressive, but I think about myself that if I go and pick, it will be dozens of "oblongopuktatuses, melanariuses and nemoralis". Probably need to get out of Moscow away.

Need. But not now. A little bit later.

And we have snow flakes this morning... Already a patron has been created. But now it's melting.

The outings of Anthrenus and Elizar are impressive, but I think about myself that if I go and pick, it will be dozens of "oblongopuktatuses, melanariuses and nemoralis". Probably need to get out of Moscow away.

+1
Went now to the forest near work, 1 in 1 as described

Our Anthrenus, om lucky finds are the exception to this time of year rather than the rule. Usually like amara: dozens of "oblongopuktatus, melanarius and nemoralis". Only these species are now under the snow in fallen logs... And we" hammered " standing and sticking out over the snow...

I fully agree that our attacks are more likely due to the fact that we no longer have the strength to endure, and not from any expediency. The most interesting part will start a little later, in two weeks...

30.03. took a sortie to his favorite places near Yaroslavl. There is still a lot of snow in the forest, but thawing has already formed in places. I picked at the bark on the pines, but the catch was scanty - mostly some dendrophagus in huge numbers, some were already mating, others were sitting in groups. Under the birch bark, I found Zimioma grossum and Ragium inquisitor. Under the moss on the trunks of aspen trees, doritomuses were plentiful, and there were also phrators and dromis sigma. I sifted through the contents of the anthills, found a huge number of some small staphylinids (I don't know what, I'm ashamed to say I don't understand them at all) and several small skrytnoedov. Springbirds flew in large numbers, but no other butterflies were seen.

Yesterday, 06.04., we made a joint sortie with Elizar in order to catch beetles. First, we examined a small poplar-ash grove on the outskirts of the village, picked at the bark and moss on the trunks, found many Triplax aeneus and one Mycetophagus multipunctatus under last year's oyster mushrooms. Under the bark of an ash tree, Yelizar found bark beetle passages and admired them for a long time, since bark beetles living on ash trees in our region were not registered, although there were no beetles in the passages themselves, but nevertheless... In the same place, I dug several ground beetle traps, the first of the season... They dug in with difficulty, the ground was still frozen, but I did not back down from my idea. Next, we went to check how the Apalus bimaculatus population is doing, because last year we failed to detect the moment of their summer... The clearing was empty, and we were about to take off our hats and cry for the dead population, when we found a few bees basking in the sun, and almost immediately a male apalus. The beetle was solemnly placed in a bottle for subsequent transfer to Dmitritch, and we were very pleased with the success of our journey. Next, we started sifting Formica anthills for myrmicophiles. At first, only small staphylinids came across, but then we somehow trained and the Dendrophilus pigmaeus carapaces went in a shaft. In addition to them, we caught two species of some kind of stealthy eaters, several pieces of Monotoma. Having finished with the anthills, we went further. By this time, the clouds had finally parted and the sun was shining full. On the roads, swarms of springbirds flew, forming clusters of up to 10-15 pieces. Lemongrass, urticaria, anguloptera and other spring lepidoptera fluttered about. There were a lot of small water lovers in the puddles on the road, they found a couple of ilibiuses. Elizar fished out a Hydrochara from a ditch. In general, the sortie was a success! Until tomorrow, Elizar promised to process and post on the forum photos from our sortie, so to be continued...

This post was edited by Anthrenus - 07.04.2008 09: 19

Next, we went to check how the Apalus bimaculatus population is doing, because last year we failed to detect the moment of their summer... The clearing was empty, and we were about to take off our hats and cry for the dead population, when we found a few bees basking in the sun, and almost immediately a male apalus. The beetle was solemnly placed in a bottle for subsequent transfer to Dmitritch, and we were very pleased with the success of our journey.

Hurray! The forum has started working! I haven't been able to break through since Friday. Anthrenus, thank you so much for Apalus,and I also opened the season on Saturday. I went to my favorite place (the neighborhood of d. Melenki in the Rostov region, Elizar is aware). The weather was amazing! Springwives fluttered in flocks, a lot of lemongrass, overwintering nymphalids flew-urticaria, peacock's eye, polychromatica, anguloptera. Stripped the bark: Rhizophagus bipustulatus, Mycetophagus multipunctatus, Cerylon (it looks like deplanatum, under the bark of an aspen tree felled by beavers). As always, there are many barbel larvae (most likely Xylotrechus rusticus) under the bark of the aspen trunks lying on the ground. The main catch in the survey of spring puddles, reclamation channels and ponds: Graphoderus zonatus (for some reason, only males), small Hydroporus (they, of course, need to be identified), Porhydrus lineatus, Noterus sp. Acilius (both of our species) flew like flies, splashing into the water. Found in puddles and Hydrochara. I found the corpse (dilapidated) of Dytiscus circumcinctus, and a wriggling hairy man in the water nearby (unfortunately, the photo did not come out). Strangely, there were almost no beetles: only Pterostichus nigrita, which, of course, was of no interest. I wanted to post a photo report, but on Saturday and Sunday it was impossible to go to the forum, and today I'm at work in Yaroslavl, and I don't have access to the pictures. If you're interested, see you this weekend.

This post was edited by Dmitrich - 07.04.2008 13: 12

This Sunday, I also decided to take a walk in the forest park area of Nizhny Novgorod.
In the hot sun, Aphodius's fly with might and main (in years I caught 2 species, A. fimetarius and Aphodius sp. - not yet identified) and staphylinids.
Under the bark of the trunks and stumps lying on the ground - a mass (no, not so - a MASS) of Agonum assimile., a lot of Carabus granulatus. C. nemoralis, Pt. strenuus, Pt. melanarius, and a couple of staphylinids from the Tachyporinae (?) were isolated. But the beetles are rather sluggish, warming only on the palm of the hand.

Anthrenus, Elizar:
where should I look for Apaluses? In theory, we should also have them. But I've never caught anyone like this In what places do they like to sit?

2Ripper: Apalus is an early spring abscess, you should look for it in colonies of solitary bees. but it has a very short period of "summer" and the population can occupy several square meters. So you can only find it by chance - just like Anthrenus found it, and we've been monitoring this population for several years and looking elsewhere.

2Ripper: Apalus is an early spring abscess, you should look for it in colonies of solitary bees. but it has a very short period of "summer" and the population can occupy several square meters. So you can only find it by chance - just like Anthrenus found it, and we've been monitoring this population for several years and looking elsewhere.

2Ripper: I may repeat myself, but Apalus is not just an early spring, but a sooo early spring species, imagos appear immediately after snow melts, in our region it is 05. -14.04, depending on the course of spring, beetles do not live long, 1-2 weeks, they are rarely chosen for the territory of a bee colony, they practically do not fly... They mostly sit directly on the ground, and most often do not feed, because at this time there are no flowers yet... All these features make it difficult to detect the species. In Moldova, I believe this type should fly even earlier, so this year I think everything is already over...

I am updating the Anthrenus report on the joint release on April 6. I also cut down Ampedus pomonae from birch, and also collected several species of Cerylon and Rhizophagus under the bark. Well, in addition, a few photos:
1-bark beetle moves on an ash tree.
2-the most successful capture
3-Anthrenus for sifting an anthill

This post was edited by Elizar-08.04.2008 10: 41

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I wanted to post a photo report, but on Saturday and Sunday it was impossible to go to the forum, and today I'm at work in Yaroslavl, and I don't have access to the pictures. If you're interested, see you this weekend.

I post it as promised. The angle-wing is heated.
  

Polychrome has been battered by life, but she does not give up
  

Hydaticus seminiger hurries to the puddle.
  

Edged hunter.
  

Some of the fees. Graphoderus zonatus.
  

Hydroporus, Noterus
  

Mycetophagus, Cerylon, Rhizophagus, Hydroporus, Porhydrus.
  

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Yesterday I took a" day off " at work for everyday issues, and, having been released from them, in the afternoon I decided to run around the city's surroundings (cutting down at the landing site along the railway track). I managed to make out one rotten thing, and found a Glischrochilus (Librodor) glistener - a very large one for them, with an oblique anterior spot on the elytra and a transverse posterior one (Elizar once enlightened me that it was some kind of American migrant, but I forgot the specific name - it was written somewhere). But then I found a tick on my clothes, then a second tick, then a third tick... I got tired of shaking them off - some large ones (at least 4 mm), gray, with a "marble" pattern on the upper side . No matter how much I wanted to take a walk, I decided not to risk it and retreated home . Moreover, the place is quite open, the wind is strong, and there was no time to go to the nearest forest.

I got tired of shaking them off - some large ones (at least 4 mm), gray, with a "marble" pattern on the upper side .

Dermacentor sp. probably

They are birthmarks... Just in the hunting grounds of Dmitrich, and they come across.

After the previous release report on April 6, I didn't go out into the woods, but I managed to run around the city during my lunch break and the surrounding area at home after work. Interesting facts: The city center - Ampedus sp made of dried poplar wood. At its komlya under a plate in a thin layer of a litter over asphalt the larva of any scarabeidina (M. B. bronzovka) - took on breeding. Eledona agaricola - 2 beetles in the old fruit body of the sulphur-yellow tinder (Laetiporus sulphureus). On the outskirts of the city in a wooded area far away - two Ampedus pomorum spruce trees were cut down.

On Friday, 11.04, I went to my dacha to try out svezhekotsnutyyu DRL-ku. The weather seemed to be favorable, I turned on the lamp at 21.20, some kind of microlepidoptera immediately popped up, then a moth appeared, and two Nicrophorus humators plopped on the screen behind it. Encouraged by the success, he waited for the continuation, but then the weather failed - a fine cold rain began to fall and the lamp had to be turned off urgently... The next morning it was cold and drizzling with a fine wet rain, so I had nothing better to do than explore the house and collect a bunch of pretenders. After lunch, when the sun was beginning to show and it was getting a little warmer, I mowed the flowering willows for doritomus and found that there were quite a lot of them here. I can't say anything about the species yet, they all still need to be identified, only Dorytomus dorsalis caught my eye (about the range of which there is a Note in green, especially in the Carpathians). In addition to doritomus, there were several other weevils, of which I was particularly interested in some Anthonomus, I had never seen such a thing before. This was the end of the trip, and the weather finally turned sour

This post was edited by Anthrenus - 14.04.2008 12: 39

After lunch, when the sun was beginning to show and it was getting a little warmer, I mowed the flowering willows for doritomus and found that there were quite a lot of them here. I can't say anything about the species yet, they all still need to be identified, only Dorytomus dorsalis caught my eye (about the range of which there is a Note in green, especially in the Carpathians).

By the way, I found this Dorytomus dorsalis on the Hive (for those who don't know anything about it - the Uglich district of the Yaroslavl region), and I was also extremely surprised, until I learned from communicating with colleagues that the "green" areas were completely confused (or not fully clarified).

Slightly late report...
Last Thursday, I went with one of the forum participants,
namely AlexandrB, to the Red Forest(for reference:this is a broad-leaved forest on the bank of the Kuban River, 60 km west of Krasnodar, located on a plain, far from the mountains and foothills...), the purpose of the trip was to catch the archplectes, whether you managed it or not, judge for yourself...
PS I apologize for the bad photo I had to reduce( in the photo: C (Archiplectes) prometheus promethus, C (Megodontus) exaratus, C (Eucarabus) cumanus, granulatus and 2 copper angels.

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Mather darling, Dorcadion!
Is this all done manually???

Yeah, on a plot of about 300-400 square meters... plus more traps set.... On Tuesday I'm going to go check and look for the location of Archiplectes starskianus

And my animals a little
Please forgive me for the quality of the photo, well, I'm still inexperienced in this business

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Yesterday, with Anthrenus, we made an exit to the estate of N. A. Nekrasov-Karabikha, located near Yaroslavl. I have long been asked to explore their park, and at the same time make a list of its inhabitants. The weather was not particularly favorable for collecting active beetles, but we were going to put soil traps, so despite the clouds, we went. Anthrenus always wants to collect Nebria gyllenhali, and the park is favorable for this – there are many springs. At the same time, under the same conditions, it was decided to check the catchability for different baits, I pour strong Baltika No. 9 beer into the traps, and Anthrenus – apple cider vinegar. I set up lines of traps and began to "crash" fallen trunks, while Anthrenus scoured the spring pond in the hope of finding reophiles. As a result, my findings are: Pterostichus niger (1); P. nigrita (4); P. oblongopunctatus (1); Platynus assimilis (many); Agonum (Europhilus) sp. (1); Patrobus sp. (1); Phosphuga atrata (1); Strophosomus capitatus (1). I also found the elytra of the one – horned hornbill and the remains of Bembidion (Notaphus) sp. Anthrenus-several Agabus guttatus (a very interesting find...); Agabus sp. (1) and a couple of ladybirds. Then we wandered around the neighborhood, picked up water beetles in a puddle on a dirt road-a trifle! The largest of which is Hydrobius fuscipes. And Anthrenus mowed down the flowering willows-Dorytomus sp, Ellechnus sp.,
I found one Curculio crux.... Now we will wait for what will fall into the traps...

We were last week in Yaroslavl, a very nice city. We didn't catch beetles, just rested. However, it is noticeable that spring in your region is 10 days behind compared to Moscow.. We saw, for example, snow in the city center on Saturday... And outside the city, the grass only made itself felt. But nature is very beautiful.

On Saturday (26.04.2008) I got out in the vicinity of d. Melenki, Rostov region. Anyone who has already read my previous reports knows that this is a mixed swampy forest with reclamation channels inhabited by beavers. I won't call the exit particularly successful - I didn't manage to collect anything really interesting, although the weather seemed to be favorable. Under the bark of fallen aspens, small change (Bitoma crenata, Silvanus unidentatus), when collected in the litter-Notiophilus sp. and Agonum (Europhilus) sp. There are several species of Hydroporus and Ilybius in the snowmelt puddles under the forest canopy. I only mention what was interesting and collected for one reason or another. Massively climbed Acanthocinus aedilis. For the first time I saw firsthand that tournaments for females are organized not only by deer beetles. I typed a decent package of lines (in appearance, I just want to call them morels, as in my childhood - something is mixed up with the names of marsupial mushrooms). I enclose a photo report.

Lines. Picked, roasted, eaten.
  
  
  

Handsome guy. Almost a Hussar.
  

Tournament for the heart of a beautiful lady. One of the competitors has already lost part of his mustache.
  

Beaver dam and cutting area.
  
  

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