Moscow and the Moscow region

But the MALE! Which comes across much less often than females!!!

Well, I let it out - I thought it was a rare beetle, but not very rare, like the pine chrysalis or Upis ceramboides. Although I probably would have taken it, if not for the bitten off leg... I shouldn't have put it in the same jar as Lamia textor...

Well, Karachun June caused as much as 10-day silence in the topic! It's time to dilute it with a report about the trip to Gennadich on June 17-20 - we caught the light in Poplar and on Voinovaya Gora (this will be in the first part of the report), and also visited one new point and Tugolesye in the afternoon (we also caught the light there) - the next two parts. On the first night, the sun shone on the peat bog - Selenia lunularia flew there, and at the very beginning of fishing, Cosmopterix lienigiella was mowed out of the surrounding grass. It's just a pity that he took off in an unknown direction, not really giving you a normal shot. The second copy of Selenia lunularia arrived directly to Topolinom on the third night, when we went to Voinova Gora. There they managed to catch rare moth Perizoma hydrata and Epirrhoe pupillata. Poplar also has an interesting microbe-Digitivalva reticulella, Chrysoesthia sexguttella and Hedya pruniana. The latter, however, is now flying there in large numbers. Plus, the only Pygaera timon arrived, which was just what I needed for a complete collection of Moscow Region tufts.

Cosmopterix lienigiella & Digitivalva reticulella


Trachea atriplicis & Tethea ocularis


Selenia lunularia


Pterostoma palpina & Pygaera timon


Hedya pruniana & Hydria undulata


Chrysoesthia sexguttella


Perizoma hydrata & Epirrhoe pupillata


I will finish this part with photos of Lacanobia w-latinum, which suddenly arrived recently in Pestovo.


This post was edited by Ilya U - 23.06.2017 00: 25

The second part of the report is devoted to a new point near the village of Pochinki in the Shatursky district (this is important - there are others in neighboring Yegoryevsky just 30 kilometers away) under the code name "Dorogali-light". It is located near Tugolesya, south of Krivandino station. I was looking at a section of road on Google maps and noticed a nice pine forest with junipers on the side of the road and a clearing nearby leading to a small clearing. We stopped to look at this forest, which, however,was nothing special from itself, except for a really impressive amount of juniper. But the clearing turned out to be more interesting. It itself is overgrown with young pines (I was hoping for a field with rare flowers, but alas...), and along the perimeter there are sometimes small stacks of pine logs with some accompanying beetles, first of all, of course, Chalcophora mariana. Gennadich also found two barbels-Tetropium castaneum and Judolia sexmaculata, and on birch logs - Melandrya dubia. I also found a rotten pine log with Ampedus ?praeustus, but when I saw it, I just thought "Ampedus as Ampedus", hastily clicked and went on. On the" flat " side, some unique forest adjoins the clearing in some places, almost forest tundra - low pines with a solid green moss cover with extensive areas of white moss and almost no normal plants in the lower tier, even without shrubs. And not a hint of waterlogging! What it is, and where it came from, is unclear.

The clearing is circled in red


The same"lesotundra"




Chalcophora mariana, thousands of them! Singly, together, and what comes of it)



Tetropium castaneum & Ampedus ?praeustus


Judolia sexmaculata


Well, to finish the non-butterfly theme here - a spindle from Tugolesye and Carabus hortensis from Voynovaya Gora.

The third part is about Tugolesye. We went there for swamp diaries, of which we actually caught only Coenonympha hero. We haven't seen any peatlands and golubyanki (as for the latter, is it even there? I have this in Pestovo regularly comes across a couple with aquilonaris ). Euphrosyne, mathurna, Scotopteryx mucronata and myrmidon are also abundant. But most of all angry and hungry horseflies. It was also a good thing that the heated car of Gennadich distracted them and they could have a normal rest and eat after a walk... if it weren't for the mosquitoes. These creatures pestered us everywhere, well, at least in Pestovo there are not enough of them! During the day, interesting micra was also mowed down from the heather and surrounding plants-Neofaculta ericetella (at night, one infernella also lit up), Stictea mygindiana and Pleurota bicostella. Gennadich also came across an Ancylis myrtillana killed in the trash on blueberries, and I - a moth that I initially took for Aristotelia ericinella, but on closer inspection it turned out to be Pancalia schwarzella! Apparently, when mowing on the heather, a tri-colored violet turned up. In the evening, Gennady and I mowed down a pair of mating Anarta myrtilli from the heather, very fresh for such a late time. At night, rare scoops Athetis palustris, Apamea illyria and Caradrina selini were born. Finally met the dream gelechiid Miricifarma cytisella. Well, a strange moth flew in, most similar to Scopula incanata.

Euphydryas maturna


Boloria euphrosyne


Coenonympha hero


Anarta myrtilli


Sclerocona acutella & Anerastia lotella


Athetis palustris & Scopula ?incanata


Stictea mygindiana-leaf wrapper of the gods!))


Miricifarma cytisella & Ancylis myrtillana


Apamea illyria (I wonder if they are always broken from hatching?!) & Caradrina ?selini


Pleurota bicostella


Dichomeris derasella


Rhyacionia pinivorana & Monopis weaverella


Pancalia schwarzella & Neofaculta ericetella

Shatursky district, Pochinki village.
Melandrya dubia saw three people sitting on a stack of birch trees.
The third slowly crawled away into the gap.
Naturally, I rented houses on the birch bark, which is interesting, when the beetles got into the sun, they did it themselves, you can see what, just a holiday romance.

Female and male

Ancylis myrtillana perched on a sprig of blueberries.

Differences between Ancylis badiana (left) and Ancylis myrtillana (right), noticed by Ilya.


The post was edited by Gennadich - 23.06.2017 13: 59

Something theme is still in hibernation, you can see everyone was killed by the June weather. But last weekend turned out to be warm, especially in terms of nights, and even in Pestovo we managed to catch a good report. Caught three nights, from June 29 to July 2. The last one was especially freaky - clear and cool in the evening, but then overcast, warm and finally a little rain. It was on this night that a huge number of butterflies arrived, most of them Atolmis rubricollis. Apparently, nature is trying to maintain a balance-at the peak of the hot summer-but it is cold, in contrast to the recent mass summer of white Leucoma salicis-black lichens. By the end of the night, due to a pile of lichens and rain, a small part of the lamp screen was already blackened with pollen. But the most important discovery still occurred in the afternoon. Only last weekend I noticed that in one clearing in the forest that I had known for a long time (in fact, it is a gentle slope of a ravine and its bottom overgrown with reeds-nettles-meadowsweet), mountain snake grows in abundance, but it was only at five in the evening. I went there early this weekend to look for Gella or Titania. It was quiet on Gorets itself, and just as I was about to leave, Lycaena helle, dead in the trash, sat down on a large leaf on the outskirts of the clearing. Just one, but it's probably a population anyway. Surprisingly, it seems that it is supported by a thicket of highlander barely six acres in area! This is probably one of the closest points to the Moscow Ring Road in the last half century. At night, too, I managed to catch some interesting butterflies. One male Harpyia milhauseri arrived, but I decided to let him go, I still caught him last year. For this, probably, the guardian spirits of the KKMO decided to reward me the next day with a chervonets) For the second time ever, I caught Heterogenea asella. At dusk, I caught Jupitetia with a net, but I damaged it when I got it out, and according to the law of meanness, it turned out to be the second copy of the new Eupithecia expallidata for the region, the first one got last year, also beaten. Maybe it just doesn't come into the light. I was also pleased with Rhinoprora, at least in appearance one in one chloerata! From micra, only leaf wrappers were noted. For the first time in Pestovo, I noted Ancylis geminana (previously only diminutana was found here, but not this year) and Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (among leafworms it is almost like milgauseri, a rare species of broad-leaved forests in river valleys). But the most interesting find was Gibberifera simplana! Well, after a warm weekend again rainy-icy abyss for an indefinite period of time.

The screen is full of black horseradish


A single sample of this horseradish & Anaplectoides prasina


Lobesia reliquana (cut from meadowsweet in the gella biotope) & Borkhausenia luridicomella


Pseudargyrotoza conwagana & Ancylis geminana


Acronicta strigosa & Dypterygia scabriuscula


Sparganothis pilleriana & Pseudosciaphila branderiana


Habrosyne pyritoides $ Thyatira batis


Harpyia milhauseri


Lycaena helle


Acompsia cinerella & Mompha subbistrigella


Apeira syringaria


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Herminia tarsipennalis & Sideridis reticulatus


Rhinoprora chloerata


Gibberifera simplana


Eupithecia expallidata


Heterogenea asella


Hylaea fasciaria



Well, for a snack - a few photos of strong thunderstorms on July 30. There were as many as three of them that day, with heavy downpours, wind and high electrical activity.

P. conwagana, by the way, regularly arrives in Zhukovsky.

P. conwagana, by the way, regularly arrives in Zhukovsky.

I have plenty of it in Mozhaisk, too. But here, in general, the night micra (which is neither field nor steppe) intersects with Pushchino at least to the same extent as with Pestovo...

An unusual year... Yesterday, July 15, I met a buckthorn tree of the last generation! And on the buckthorn itself, there are still caterpillars. Usually at this time, a new generation of butterflies is already flying out in full swing... Miracles!

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From 15 to 18 I went to Gennadich's house to catch butterflies. The first night was very warm, we went to shine on Nerskaya Street, where we crossed paths with Philipp (PhilGri), as a result, we had two screens and, towards the end of the night, a lot of butterflies that make your eyes run away (this is taking into account the micra, it was easier for Philip). He was lucky enough to catch standard Meshchersk rarities, such as E. exornata and a female oak cocoonworm, but this is no surprise to us! It is worth noting first of all the scoop of Hadena filograna, which seems to have started the march through the dry places of Meshchera from the south, and Caradrina selini, which was above the roof there! Gennadich was also very pleased with the capture of the rare sickle - wing Drepana curvatula (two pieces-a female and a male). There was also a couple of Scotopteryx luridata, if of course it really differs from mucronata in the number of generations. The situation was even better with micra and fireflies: Crambus ericellus, Etiella zinckenella, Nascia cilialis, Aethes tesserana, Lobesia reliquana and Eidophasia messingiella arrived, as well as pine Hypatopa binotella and Vitula biviella in large quantities. When we returned to Poplar, it turned out that the light, cut down in the middle of the day, was not turned on! But on such a warm night, a lot of things could fly in! Also waiting for me there was Acleris lorquinana, caught by Gennadich a few days earlier. The next night we went to Voinova Gora, and also took a walk there during the day. A lot of Eucarta virgo not the first freshness and one Phyllophila obliterata were born. I was surprised by Drymonia dodonaea, which has long been time to fly away. There were several Eurhodope cirrgerella, Metzneria aprilella and Cochylis flaviciliana from micra. In the evening, I mowed Agdistys adactyla out of the grass, finally I got it! As it turned out, this is the least photogenic butterfly of the region. Today, by the way, I caught another one under Vereya. During the day on Voynovaya Gora, we were happy with Lithostege farinata, and I also managed to mow down Ochsenheimeria taurella! Three times I meet representatives of this genus, and all three are different species. Poplar almost did not please, but on the third, coldest night, when we did not go anywhere, Heliomatha glarearia came there! And where did it come from? From micra, only Agnoea josephinae was interested.

Etiella zinckenella & Crambus ericellus


Hadena filograna & Drepana curvatula


Scotopteryx luridata & Leucodonta bicoloria


Eidophasia messingiella & Aethes tesserana


Nascia cilialis & Hypatopa binotella


Acleris lorquinana & Agnoea josephinae


Metalampra cinnamomea & Deuterogonia pudorina


Heliomatha glarearia

Eucarta virgo & Phyllophila obliterata


Agdistys adactyla


Lycaena virgaureae


Gandaritis pyraliata & Lithostege farinata


Metzneria aprilella


Eurhodope cirrgerella & Homoeosoma sinuella


Cochylis flaviciliana


Ochsenheimeria taurella

Super!

Tell me, please, and Prionusy already flew out or not???

Tell me, please, and Prionusy already flew out or not???

The weather is uncomfortable right now for them to fly out.
Last season, the first male was born on July 2, but so far this season there are none.
Apparently it is necessary to wait for hot days and warm evenings (if they are this year)....
Then it is possible that they will fly

July 19 in the Lipetsk region already flew, although at night it was +10

Tell me, please, and Prionusy already flew out or not???

Especially interesting is the information from the territory of Moscow.

Last year, on the night from 2 to 3. 07. near Beloomut, we flew all over. From the territory of Moscow there is a find 29.07. 2016. Preobrazhenskoe district.

Tell me, please, and Prionusy already flew out or not???

In the Moscow Region (Domodedovo), I found a crawling female, very small, by the way, compared to last year's five-centimeter buffaloes. It was July 17.

Tell me, please, and Prionusy already flew out or not???

I have a massive prionus beetle in the east of Moscow. Last year, we started flying on June 25 and flew until mid-July. This year

I have a massive prionus beetle in the east of Moscow. Last year, we started flying on June 25 and flew until mid-July. We haven't flown out yet this year

They flew. I just found a female at the entrance, quite normal size. She flew into the light of the streetlamp.

Yesterday and today I checked (with a considerable delay, primarily due to the weather) my point in the forest area north of Dedinovo (Lukhovitsky district). Only about interesting things. Of the bronzes, a large number and external variety of fieberi have been recorded, including two mating events. (This is despite the fact that aurata is not more numerous in any way - it is already clearly in decline - lugubris has two copies, metallica - in general one, and aeruginosa is not only not marked, but has not even met - either it is too late, or I didn't look well, I hope to check again in a few days). Plus four more copies. fieberi and aurata were overlooked. Also marked (singly) Gnorimus variabilis and Rhagium sycophanta (thus, the point found last year is confirmed for them). 3 copies were marked. and one copy was omitted. oak marshmallows (all very fresh, but at least with minimal damage). There are some photos, I'll try to attach them later. By the way, I met one of the freshest male lemongrass (someone was worried here recently), and the polixena caterpillars were no longer checked, the timing was all out, the kirkazon is hectares, but the whole thing is already under a meter and with knobs.

3 copies were marked. and one copy was omitted. oak marshmallows (all very fresh, but at least with minimal damage).

Oh, Andrew. Once I collected it in the vicinity of the well-known village of Torbeevo, Lyubertsy district... Here an instance from there. Yes, and even earlier I observed in Moscow: at VDNKh and in the neighboring Botanical Garden. Gone are those days
Sad....

Take your time.

Fresh periphanes delphinii was born in the Lishnyakh above the quarry! There will be a photo.

My old dream has finally come true...
First female Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus, 1761)
Early this morning. Russia, Moscow region, Zheleznodorozhny, on the sidewalk, under an old birch tree.

If in broad daylight, then in Moscow, for example, you only meet her that on trunks and on sidewalks, and all on urban buildings, in parks and forests have not yet come across...

Fresh periphanes delphinii was born in the Lishnyakh above the quarry! There will be a photo.

Well, this southern "rarity" has finally arrived, and it hasn't gone away. Our country has taken it, even in such and such a year! And remember the old protective stories about its biology (nomina sunt odiosa)...

If in broad daylight, then in Moscow, for example, you only meet her that on trunks and on sidewalks, and all on urban buildings, in parks and forests have not yet come across...

Yes, this is understandable. Males and in the Railway periodically arrive at the light - there are no problems with them.
But the females do not fly to the light. Flyers are bad or can't fly at all (judging by their physique and clumsiness)..... In my entire life, this is the first whole female I have. Before that, I found one crushed by someone. By the way ," about the forest": in the same Torbeyevsky forest, I found a crushed one, in 2012

Well, this southern "rarity" has finally arrived, and it hasn't gone away. Our country has taken it, even in such and such a year! And remember the old protective stories about its biology (nomina sunt odiosa)...

She did not come, but returned: Assmus caught her near Podolsk in 1849; he also brought Ptilophora plumigera for the Moscow province, which was then not heard of for the entire 20th century. Apparently, the shpornikovaya shovel is also coming back.

This post was edited by kotbegemot - 29.07.2017 22: 03

I have a massive prionus beetle in the east of Moscow.

And in what district?

Promised photos for Lukhovitsky district for July 23-24, 2017

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On August 5-6, I again examined the forest area north of Dedinovo (Lukhovitsky district); fieberi and aurata noticeably declined, and sycophanta ragweed also (in general, this year it was almost common there, although it is noticeably more numerous than the named bronzes).
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Especially interesting is the information from the territory of Moscow.

In the Domodedovo district (Vostryakovo station), on the afternoon of August 5, a rather large male was spotted, caught and released.

Especially interesting is the information from the territory of Moscow.

Approx. 10 km east of the MKAD: Moscow region, Zheleznodorozhny, and even closer to the Moskovsky districts of Novokosino and Kosino-Ukhtomsky
The day before yesterday, he flew past me at high speed, but did not catch me (there was no net).
But this friend was collected yesterday, directly in the city, approx. at 18: 40 pm.

They started getting caught. But in general, the beetle in Muscovy is common and is everywhere where there are old deciduous trees.
Dima, if you are interested directly in Moscow, then the view is abundant with me in the Eastern AO, at my last job (you know this place), at night, under the streetlights with DRL.

Periphanes delphinii, a quarry in Lishnyagi.
29.07.2017, into the light

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But in general, the beetle in Muscovy is common and is everywhere where there are old deciduous trees.

Apparently, this year's summer is very peculiar...

Apparently, this year's summer is very peculiar...

It was so cold, and the beetle is thermophilic. So they slowed down...
This morning, by the way, I picked up another female in my entrance

August 12, 2017, gor. Moscow, Losiny Ostrov Park.

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