Moscow and the Moscow region

In some years, we have only a week or two with a stable snow cover. The forest is full of birds (some of them come from you). Go into the winter forest - immediately you hear 1-2 pecking woodpeckers, as well as a bunch of squeaking tits and pika birds. There is no tree that a pika doesn't scrape from top to bottom a couple of times a day. But every time in early spring, it's full of insects. And in the south, beyond the line of stable snow cover, there are even more of them. Apparently, not everyone is given to understand that there are many shelters in nature that no bird will proselytize into: narrow hollows, burrows, crevices under stones. And here-there insects are sometimes stuffed in large quantities. Yes, and all the leaf litter to turn the birds over the winter is not under the power. Although, of course, they eat many. And mice and snow - not a hindrance, they are only more convenient to hide under it from predators. And then there are shrews, entomopathogenic microorganisms, a flood from snowmelt (the most terrible attack in my opinion, so not only kills itself, but also makes you climb out into prominent places)... Harsh is the fate of the wintering insect.

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The vicinity of Zvenigorod is also a full bottom. I don't recall such a low level of population and diversity. Even pricked ones do not help - neither 125 nor 250 watts.

The north of the Moscow region, Sergiev Posad district, during the week there are very few insects (even mosquitoes!), and the temperature and weather are quite suitable.
During the week, I saw several bumblebees and a few cabbage butterflies. Fruit trees bloom without bees and other insects.

This post was edited by Yuriy352-05/14/2020 22: 25

I hope Senyamukholov will not attribute the absence of bees to the cunning birds that insidiously pecked them out of their nests...

I hope Senyamukholov will not attribute the absence of bees to the cunning birds that insidiously pecked them out of their nests...

And I attribute only the absence of butterflies and everything, in a single region where I live and work. But I don't know what's going on with other insects outside of the lack of snow cover, and I'm not going to talk about it. The fact that the snowless winter has affected the decline in the number of lepidoptera is a fact.

The post was edited by Sanyamukholov - 15.05.2020 06: 48

And I attribute only the absence of butterflies and everything, in a single region where I live and work. But I don't know what's going on with other insects outside of the lack of snow cover, and I'm not going to talk about it. The fact that the snowless winter has affected the decline in the number of lepidoptera is a fact.

With all due respect, this is not a fact, but an assumption.

A snowless winter can affect you in very different ways. It is unproven to include birds here - from the evil one.

I've tried to think of other reasons why a snowless winter can affect the number of insects. Personally, I did not notice that the growing season ended much later or started much earlier, buds popped out in March, but the same birch bloomed even a little later than the deadline. That is, the caterpillars that need to feed after wintering woke up early and could take a break from hunger, perhaps the lack of flowers and other things also hit the winterers in the imago stage. In the more southern and western regions, plants may have become "accustomed" to warm winters, and vegetation there is synchronized with the needs of phytophages. The second assumption is that the weather, which forces caterpillars and pupae to spend the winter, lasted for a very long time - the winter was warm, but still not conducive to the active life of caterpillars and the hatching of pupae. However, during this period, the average temperature was significantly higher than usual. Could this not have accelerated the exchange of overwintering caterpillars and pupae, simply by the Vant-Hoff rule or some similar mechanism? As a result, there were not enough nutrients for overwintering. And in the west and south, this is not observed, as it is warmer there in late autumn and early spring, which again contributes to a longer vegetation period and reduces the risk of starvation.

Don't forget about bacteria and fungi. Warm wet winter-expanse for them.

Neighborhood of Zvenigorod. Warm night, + 15. Chipped DRL. Literally NOTHING lepidoptera flies ( The absolute absence of even banals (((
In my memory, this did not happen.

This post was edited by PhilGri - 05/28/2020 23: 48

Candle now, scales are almost gone.
Very little, neither micro nor macro.

Maybe I'm writing in the wrong place, since this is not a report at all, but I would like to ask about some messages from this topic. While reading it, I saw evidence of the discovery of Mimela holocericea in the vicinity of Nerskaya, I would like to know if it is really possible to meet this beetle there, or if those few finds were something unusual? What month should I look for?

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Everyone had some kind of disaster. The first day was shining yesterday, I have the usual number of different butterflies, beetles, bedbugs and other trash are flying. I can't say that it's a lot, but it's definitely quite a lot. Lamp-non-split DRL of Chinese production. From the interesting - flew lilac hawk moth, for the first time. There were also other hawkmoths - poplar, ocellate, bedstraw. Scoops and moths seem to be all ordinary, I don't want to list them. Several milkweed cocoonworms. Of the beetles-scored one and a half dozen Colon, palpable, surprised by the arrival of Demetrias imperialis. A pair of Bagous ?argilaceus.

Maybe I'm writing in the wrong place, since this is not a report at all, but I would like to ask about some messages from this topic. While reading it, I saw evidence of the discovery of Mimela holocericea in the vicinity of Nerskaya, I would like to know if it is really possible to meet this beetle there, or if those few finds were something unusual? What month should I look for?

I also wanted to ask these questions in this topic, but you beat me to it.

[quote=Necrocephalus, 21.06.2020 23: 57] Maybe I'm writing in the wrong place, since this is not a report at all, but I would like to ask about some messages from this topic. While reading it, I saw evidence of the discovery of Mimela holocericea in the vicinity of Nerskaya, I would like to know if it is really possible to meet this beetle there, or if those few finds were something unusual? What month should I look for?
It will be very good if you can find it. Very few people succeeded in this.
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What causes the difficulty in finding the view? I'd really like to find it. Maybe someone can tell you the best time to search and the method (inspect the leaves of vegetation, or look visually on the ground, maybe mowing)? I read that the view of the light is flying, but there is no generator yet, so we will have to look for it during the day.

N. B. Nikitsky's book on the biology of the species (2016) says:
"Beetles prefer forest clearings and clearings. The beetles feed on pine needles. Years from the end of June-beginning of July and until August. " The difficulty in finding a species is its rarity - over the past 50 years, 3 copies are known from the Ministry of Defense....

If you don't succeed with Nerskaya, it seems to me that it makes sense to look for it in a clearing near the village of Pochinki in the Shatursky district. However, Gennadich was there several times and did not see this beetle, and he is watching them.
https://yandex.ru/maps/?l=sat%2Cskl&ll=39.7...C-0.001950&z=12

Mimela holocericea behaves just like an anomala. look for grassy vegetation and shrubs during the day. years are stretched for the whole summer from June. arrival at the light - I've never heard of it, maybe I hit my head during the day

Everyone had some kind of disaster. The first day was shining yesterday, I have the usual number of different butterflies, beetles, bedbugs and other trash are flying. I can't say that it's a lot, but it's definitely quite a lot. Lamp-non-split DRL of Chinese production. From the interesting - flew lilac hawk moth, for the first time. There were also other hawkmoths - poplar, ocellate, bedstraw. Scoops and moths seem to be all ordinary, I don't want to list them. Several milkweed cocoonworms. Of the beetles-scored one and a half dozen Colon, palpable, surprised by the arrival of Demetrias imperialis. A pair of Bagous ?argilaceus.

Where did the lilac hawk moth come from? In what region / district?

Fishing report in Ramenskoye district, Hripan platform-47 km of power lines and adjacent places. It turned out something like this:

Nymphalidae

Clossiana selene
Brenthis ino
Limenitis populi
Aglais urticae
Euphydryas aurinia
Melitaea athalia
Melitaea aurelia
Lopinga achine
Coenonympha arcania
Aphantopus hyperantus

Pieridae

Aporia crataegi

Hesperiidae

Carcharodus flocciferus
Thymelicus sylvestris

Lycaenidae

Plebejus argus
Polyommatus amandus
Aricia eumedon
Lycaena alciphron

Arctiinae
Diacrisia sannio

Fishing report in Ramenskoye district, Hripan platform-47 km of power lines and adjacent places. It turned out something like this:

Nymphalidae
Melitaea aurelia

Do you have a photo of Aurelia?

Where did the lilac hawk moth come from? In what region / district?

It is logical to assume that in the Moscow region, since the topic is about it. And the district is Lukhovitsky.

It is logical to assume that in the Moscow region, since the topic is about it. And the district is Lukhovitsky.

In the country? And then there are not enough points on it.

  
.. The difficulty in finding a species lies in its rarity - 3 specimens have been known from the MO over the past 50 years....

Amazing! I think that if the population is intact, then it is quite possible to find rhombonyx, because beetles live in colonies on sandy multiplications, really, like an anomala dubia. The main thing is to find biofuels. A few years ago, I found the remains of a rhombonyx on Nerskaya, but since then I have not bothered to go there again.

In the country? And then there are not enough points on it.

Well yeah Shone in the garden. You know the point, I've been there.

Amazing! I think that if the population is intact, then it is quite possible to find rhombonyx, because beetles live in colonies on sandy multiplications, really, like an anomala dubia. The main thing is to find biofuels. I found the remains of a rhombonix on Nerskaya a few years ago, but I haven't bothered to go there again since.

Did you take them, the mortal remains? And then the last 2 beetles from there were also nothing but remains.

Did you take them, the mortal remains? And then the last 2 beetles from there were also nothing but remains.

The first find there was a lepidopterolog-a and we went then with him alone. Later, I showed Nikitsky exactly the path where they were found, Nikitsky set up barrier traps, but mimela, it seems, was never caught.
Probably need to go for a walk with a net during the day and look for it. And not in August, but earlier - otherwise only horns and legs can be found.

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The first find there was a lepidopterolog-a and we went then with him alone. Later, I showed Nikitsky exactly the path where they were found, Nikitsky set up barrier traps, but mimela, it seems, was never caught.
Probably need to go for a walk with a net during the day and look for it.

Well, I'm talking about them.

Yesterday I was walking in the vicinity of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, in a forest park to the north of the city, I unexpectedly found Chalcophora mariana on several logs. In a nearby forest, I want to set traps to find marmorata, but I don't think it will be effective. Umbrella and buckthorn flowers are full of auratas, even if there is a single metallic flower, there should be an anthill nearby.

Did you take them, the mortal remains? And then the last 2 beetles from there were also nothing but remains.

Yes, maybe I took it - at that time it was no longer relevant. N. B.'s articles had already been published for a long time, and of course I knew about Rhombonix on Nerskaya and was convinced that he was there. But I couldn't have guessed that it was so rare-only a few copies over the years. Amazing!

Yesterday I was walking in the vicinity of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, in a forest park to the north of the city, I unexpectedly found Chalcophora mariana on several logs. In a nearby forest, I want to set traps to find marmorata, but I don't think it will be effective. Umbrella and buckthorn flowers are full of auratas, even if there is a single metallic flower, there should be an anthill nearby.

forget an unfinished glass of beer at the edge of the forest and there will be happiness

Oh, not a fact. At a minimum, this glass should be raised 5-10 meters. I recommend looking for oak bushes at a height of more than a person's height. Unlike affinis and speziosisima, I found marmorata on flowers, but much less often aurata and metallica. It mainly feeds on oak juice.

And what is the fun of marmorat in the MO to catch? There is a lot of it in some places.

And what is the fun of marmorat in the MO to catch? There is a lot of it in some places.

So I would like to know if there are such places near the place of residence.

Now it's lit up again, huge biomass is flying, a little rain is falling, a lot of buzzing-but everything is shit. From the good beetles I took Catops and some kind of zeutorinhin. From the butterflies, I took a small dumb scoop and Eucarta amethystina - I had never flown before. I saw Neptis sappho in the afternoon, but while I was running to get a net, it flew away.

The post was edited by Necrocephalus-03.07.2020 00: 10

The sun was shining today, from the butterflies I took only Eucarta virgo, but from the beetles I got, apparently, Stenolophus discophorus-hooray comrades! And then in Yaroslavl it is, but we did not have it. Well, in small things - Catops, a pair of Leiodes and Ophonus strange appearance.

Got out yesterday in Lishnyagi for alkon, which flew there in the mass (males and females are approximately equal).
The following types of diaries were found:
Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771)
Thymelicus sp.
Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptidea cf. sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melitaea britomartis Assmann 1847
Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)
Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788)
Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783)
Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)
Argynnis adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775)
Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
Aricia eumedon (Esper, 1780)
Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergstrasser, [1779])
Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758).
I also observed a fathead over a field strawberry berry patch, which could well have been Pyrgus alveus Hubner, [1803], but I couldn't get a close look at this nimble specimen.




If anyone can suggest the name of the next two colors, I will be grateful.

This, as far as I understand, is something from the CC MO?

Vlad, please help me identify this leaflet.

Got out yesterday in Lishnyagi for alkon, which flew there in the mass (males and females are approximately equal).
1. If anyone can suggest the name of the next two colors, I will be grateful.
2. This, as far as I understand, is something from the CC MO?
3. Vlad, please help me identify this leaflet.

1. Veronica some
2. Nonea dark
3. What am I doing right away? =) Eucosma ?aemulana

How's it going in general? Has nature recovered from last year's fall?

1. Veronica some
2. Nonea dark
3. What am I doing right away? =) Eucosma ?aemulana

How's it going in general? Has nature recovered from last year's fall?

This is my second time there. The nature is amazing! I do not know where it burned last year. Visually, there are scorch marks on the pine mane trees from the outside (facing the field). On the terraces along the river, the variety of vegetation is high.
By the way, I forgot to write that I saw some motley stuff, but unfortunately I didn't take it.

The post was edited by chebur - 05.07.2020 23: 29