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All the butterflies flew into the light.Lithuania, June-July

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Then lampra: and how did the synodendron get caught?

Then lampra: and how did the synodendron get caught?

I saw him in a rotten birch tree, he was sitting in a hole, I pulled him out with tweezers, there were no others.

Just this birch is visible in the penultimate photo ( on the left).

Cool, ssp. aspromontanum

Sardinia - Sardinia

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Sardinia

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Sardinia

This post was edited by Honza - 26.07.2012 08: 25

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[quote=barko,06.11.2012 19:05]

I went for a walk in the woods. On the street either + or -.

And we have somewhere -20, from Wednesday, according to the forecast, about zero is planned... it's hard to believe. Although if so, then it will be possible to take a walk..

Good day to all. I'm thinking of going to Crete in the spring to relax and catch lepidoptera. Help who knows what, places, routes, types, and dates. I will be very grateful (I have already received the report).

Good day to all. I'm thinking of going to Crete in the spring to relax and catch lepidoptera. Help who knows what, places, routes, types, and dates. I will be very grateful (I have already received the report).

Take a translator, photographer, catcher

While Moscow was trying to break the record for snow cover in early February, I went to Berlin, and, to my great surprise, I found there as many as two species of butterflies, one of which is not even wintering. These are Agriopis leucophaearia and Phigalia pilosaria. All the butterflies were photographed on February 2 near the S-Bahn station Rahnsdorf:





In general, the weather was quite warm, in the range of 0-10 degrees, I saw snow only in the form of dirty piles and once in the morning of the coldest day, when it melted for several hours. The photo below shows a cloud that brought a strong wind with a downpour, which soaked all my outerwear in 20 seconds:

Slightly different animals:
Ant. Who can do it, please determine.

Coot

A gray heron, brazenly walking right through the city

Okapi from the zoo. There don't seem to be any of them in Moscow.

Mistletoe

Ivy






Finally, a few photos from the Natural History Museum



Ephestia kuehniella



This post was edited by Ilya U-12.02.2013 19: 03

Hello everyone Recently, we went with our family to relax on the island of Tenerife. There's spring in full swing, blooming plants, juicy green grass and all that stuff. Although the water is not very warm for swimming yet - you can swim in the ocean, but not for long. Although the island is powerfully developed by man and civilization is observed around, the islands of nature have been preserved. In the north of the island there are unique ancient laurel forests-laurisilva, and in the south the Teno National Park, where gorges covered with vegetation descend to the ocean. And of course, the unusual nature of the island's largest volcano, Teide, surrounded by a huge caldera, is impressive. As you may have guessed, the island is home to various endemic insects. The time spent on the island was enough to climb a little in the most interesting places, because I had information about points from friends who had already visited there
Managed to meet:
Vanessa vulcania (Godart, 1819)
Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Monarch-not at all endemic, but beautiful
Pararge xiphioides (Staudinger, 1871)
Euchloe eversi (Stamm, 1963),
and among the beetles Pimelia ascendens (Wollaston, 1864) - endemic to the Teide volcano and a couple of other black-bodied beetles.

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We juts came back from a 3 day collecting trip in F.Y.R. of Macedonia - our target were 2 species : Desertobia ankeraria (Staudinger, 1861) and Archiearis puella mediteranea ( Ganev, 1983) - both not recorded in Macedonia before - we found them both. The last day we have collected 2 males of Archiearis notha, wich seems to be our 3 species new for Macedonia. Until the paper is ready/published I will keep all the data for these 3 species away.
Our first night was near Demir Kapija - very interesting place, hills covered with Quercus coccifera, vultures above us, Vardar river near by, where we have collected on wine traps Litophane ledereri. Lots of them in fact !
Our second night was above Gorna Matka village, just betwen the capital Scopje and the Treska Matka gorge. Here some pictures from our trip ( pics from 01 to 06 - Demir Kapija, rest Treska Matka ) :

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A small sketch of a trip to Rhodes in August 2010. The trip was a tourist one, but I also wanted to help out. However, over time, the blunder came out very large-everything was burned out , and many orthopteroids had already moved away (including Saga rhodiensis) or were still in the process of development, as, for example, Eyprepocnemis plorans, Iris oratoria, Mantis religiosa and most grasshoppers. As a result, the trip turned out to be one of the poorest in terms of fees. But we still managed to see and catch some interesting things, both in Rhodes and in Tilos, where we went for one day.

This was the landscape almost everywhere on the island - with free-range goats, quite aggressive.


My favorite activity on the beach was fishing for blue Sphingonotus sp. and Oedipoda ?charpentieri, surprisingly disguised as pebbles.










Wandering around the neighborhood of Lindos, where they spent most of their time, you could stumble upon interesting things - for example, a completely inhabited, isolated monastic cell (well, or the dwelling of sectarians) was accidentally found.:


Next to it, to my delight, I found a population of Rivetina balcanica , a short-winged species with a rather narrow range:


male



female

Filerimos City Park:





Another characteristic representative of the island's wild animals is the peacock:

The most vivid experience, without a doubt, was a trip to the Valley of Butterflies, where huge masses of the local subspecies of the hera bear-Euplagia quadripunctaria rhodosensis - gather. The concentration, as I understand it, depends on seasonal climate fluctuations and the number/migration of bats.



The park was simply crowded with people (like in 2011 it was even supposed to be closed for a four-year restoration). It was almost impossible to catch. Nevertheless, we managed to find a secluded place in the form of a tunnel under the bridge, where 5 specimens of the bear and a certain Catocala were barbarically caught.













Fragment of the collection of E. quadripunctaria rhodosensis in the National Museum of the Valley:



There were also poor collections of butterflies, erect wings and dragonflies. There were no beetles, as far as I remember.



Tilos turned out to be a very cozy, but even more desolate island. Of interest were, in fact, only the villages themselves, which are very beautiful, and the museum of extinct dwarf elephants in the "capital" (where almost no photos could be taken due to lighting).



A certain satirida:







At the end of our stay, we visited Prasonisi , a cool place where the two seas, the Aegean and the Mediterranean, are separated by a narrow sandy beach:

Dracus, do the bears hang out there in August or in July too?

  Dracus, do the bears hang out there in August or in July too?

In July, too.

Something I'm all about the Urals and the Urals. The weather this spring in the Urals is terrible. So I'd rather write about Crete. Been there with my family for the last 10 days. Oh, super vacation, just a dream. And so that the topic of rest, which is not in the topic here, quickly close a couple of photos. I recommend it to everyone, Fodele is a wonderful place!






There were no special plans to catch, but just in case I took a folding Czech net 30 cm the smallest and a bag with packages. And not for nothing, as it turned out. Of course, nothing super exclusive, since there is no such thing there, but everything that could be done, it was all achieved with blood and sweat)).
Of course, there are not enough butterflies there. But there is something.
The first outing is a branch trip, a hike to the village of Fodele from the sea. Just as I was leaving the hotel, I ran into Chrysippus. Super I thought. And during the two-hour hike, I didn't meet another one. There were a few numerical Colias crocea, Thymelicusy, Polyommatus type icarus, later I will post a photo, Lycaena phlaeas, Pieris, admirals and burdocks, local species of Maniola in general, the standard set stood out except that the dark knight, which was not given to me in Turkey Charaxes jasius-they were worn so that I immediately realized-with 30 cm a net without a long handle is definitely not going to work for me in this area. The hotel also had Lampides boeticus and a tongue fluttered over the flowers.




In the end, I was annoyed with Chrysippus, and the next day I sat down by the stream at the exit of the hotel in the same place to wait. I didn't wait long. Chrysippus fluttered here every 15-20 minutes, though there weren't many of them. It is worth noting that apart from this place, I did not meet them anywhere else, and they all looked very fresh.



My next trip was by car. I went to the mountains near the village of Aloides, which was not so far away. There I was hoping to find the remains of Alancastria cretica, which has been isolated as a separate species endemic to Crete.




First I poked around the mountains, where only Colias crocea and Hipparchia flew, which were very difficult to catch under the deafening bleating of the ubiquitous Cretan goats. I caught a couple, I really hope that this is another endemic of H. cretica.

Then I plunged into a mountain village, there was quite a lush green vegetation and I immediately experienced deja vu with the places where I caught Aloncastria ceresi 5 years ago. Several stops failed to produce results, and Aricia agestis and Gonepteryx cleopatra were added to what was previously seen in Fodele. And now, passing a small stream, she did appear. I slowed down a little further and started walking around the area. 10 minutes and I found myself on a small path between fields along a dried-up stream, along the edges of which some flowering bushes grew abundantly 2-3 meters high. From these bushes, Alancastria soared down at me. A female, already quite flown, but still it was her. The trip was a success!!!




There was 1 day left and I decided on another trip. This time I went to the mountains for Fodele on foot. There was enough time for 10 km, I climbed high. From the very beginning, the battle with Charaxes jasius began. I tried to search for places near streams, puddles, tried to attack these knights on the fly - all to no avail. Then I realized that I was interested in fruit, mostly rotten. Somewhere along the way, I finally managed to catch one of them sitting on an orange tree. He was eating a rotten orange)) The tree hung over a cliff and was enclosed by a wire fence. Not to say that straight into the cliff, rather into the pit. It's a pity that there was no one to film my ballet step. I bent as far as I could, stretching out like a swallow. A strong swing. Got it!!! the flutter of big wings in a small net. Luck smiled. Take a picture, alas, close failed, nimble hurt.




After climbing the mountains, I found Coenonympha thyrsis , the third endemic of Crete, and there were a lot of them here.


Well, closer to the peaks, I ran into a thicket of trees near the road in which all the same Charaxes jasius were resting. One of them was very fresh and gave me as much as 3 chances!! his slightly more experienced partner gave 2 attempts. I ended up coming down from the mountains with 3 individuals. And on the way back to the village, quite unexpectedly, another female Aloncastira cretica appeared in front of me, this time quite fresh, which for me will remain the winner in the category "Lightning reaction to Cheers".

10 days - 3 endemics. A lot of impressions for the whole year. Here is such a vacation came out.

Charaxes jasius, I remember, is very attracted to fermented fruits.

So it is, but it came to me late, so I had to manually!

A short report on your trip to Italy from 1.06 to 10.06.2013.
I decided to visit 2 points, the first 3 days Vall Chisone ridge
and 8 days Vall Sessera. The target of Carabus cychroides unfortunately did not find it, but I found much more, it was cold and a lot of snow ( day and night 3-5 degrees).
On the second day of my stay, I decided to climb Albergian Mountain, the climb was very difficult 5 hours, the higher the climb, the fewer beetles, spring flowers bloom everywhere, as if I arrived on May 1.
Some photos and fees.




This is The Biotope Carabus fairmairei fenestrellanus







Can someone help you identify small ground beetles at least up to the Genus?
Almost all the howls were caught at an altitude of 1800 - 2000 meters, only the blue ones from the right 2500-2700 were not lower.

Day 4 arrival in Bielmonte the weather is even worse all 8 days until 16 00 the sun then rain with hail, but there were insects.

Mount Marca on the right and Mount MONCHERCHIO on the left








Colleagues may have an idea what kind of barbel could leave such exit holes, holes two fingers thick, three days went to this tree but did not see anyone, all the holes are fresh and forgot this Willow tree.





This Saturnia had just hatched and was sitting and drying its wings.


This is the first time I saw this Saturnia in nature.

Well, in general, small fees ( all except Carabus )





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I recently returned from Croatia, where I was on vacation with my family. He didn't catch the light at night, but during the day he periodically made forays into mountain forests. Here's what I managed to collect. The deer flew en masse, I didn't take them. Tell me who knows goldfinches and weevils. And I don't know what Cerambux is yet.

This post was edited by vicgrr - 20.07.2013 22: 23

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Recently returned from Croatia,
And still do not know what Cerambux.

I may be wrong, because I don't know the local fauna, but it looks like a female Cerambyx scopolii

Short report on a trip to Slovenia ( Triglav National Center). Park ) from 8.08 to 13.08.2013.
There were no special goals, most likely a study trip.
I really liked the nature, the mountains.
Some photos and fees.

I saw a lot of cocoons in the forest ( empty) I didn't know from which butterfly, but on the last day of my trip I found it, it turned out to be Antheraea yamamai
I don't collect butterflies, but I took this one, now they are drying ( the wings are slightly lowered ).

I may be wrong, because I don't know the local fauna, but it looks like a female Cerambyx scopolii

In my opinion, this is dux or nodulosus.

Can you tell us exactly where you found yamamai?

Ucanc, Bohinj

Ucanc, Bohinj

Where's that, excuse me?" Slovenia?

This post was edited by El Cazador - 08/21/2013 17: 58

Where's that, excuse me?" Slovenia?

Yes Slovenia.

A few photos from a trip to Greece in early June, in the Peloponnese, near Corinth.
I didn't bring any special fees, but the seats are pretty nice.

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I walked through the park next to my house:

http://kotbegemot.livejournal.com/577453.html

Went to Wimbledon Common:

http://kotbegemot.livejournal.com/577859.html

I took a walk there too:

http://kotbegemot.livejournal.com/579581.html

SW BUULGARIA, Volcanic Hill Kozuch, 22.11.2013 - unique place - last 2 new Noctuidae for our fauna were collected there. The most interesting species for the night was Asteroscopus syriaca (Warren, 1910)

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SW BUULGARIA, Volcanic Hill Kozuch, 22.11.2013 - unique place - last 2 new Noctuidae for our fauna were collected there. The most interesting species for the night was Asteroscopus syriaca (Warren, 1910)

Wow!
What is the model name for the night screen?

Wow!
What is the model name for the night screen?

It was made by tent Denis, the original construction belong to a friend from Finland. I just found second hand tent, strong enough fabric and a taylor who made it for me for free :-)
if you buy it from the shops it will cost you 120 - 150 Euro, mine was 40 euro + 2 liters brandy
In the center of the tent there is a bucket with a lid and a lamp, so all insects fall down

This post was edited by Viktor Gashtarov - 25.11.2013 13: 18

I went for a walk in the park: http://kotbegemot.livejournal.com/581076.html

I went for a walk in the park:

Crayfish (next to slugs) in my opinion from the family Ligiidae. In the Crimea on the seaside rocks met funny, nimble and big-eyed Ligia italica.