Moscow and the Moscow region

Caught on weekends in the light.
On Friday it was 7 degrees and the moon was full, so only P. palpina and X. fluctuata
were 10 degrees on Friday, but the moon was also bright - so I caught very little (see photo).
  
In the afternoon I caught one Sarterocephalus palaemon, flew as always Ematurga atomaria, well, the usual list of daytime butterflies of this time.

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I just got back from Nerska. Due to circumstances, I got there last night. In general, the weather is fine, but a strong wind was blowing. The broom is in full bloom. Oh, well, get to the point.
There wasn't much flying out of the scales. Just everywhere there were Drepana falcataria, you can say myrmidon was replaced . Ematurga atomaria, Pyrgus malvae, Callophrys rubi, Pieris rapae, Araschnia levana, and Clossiana dia also flew. Caught one male Colias myrmidone.
There was plenty of beetles. Most of them are nutcrackers of one kind or another. There were also Platycerus caraboides, Diaperis boleti, Adoxus obscurus, Melasoma populi, Gonioctena viminalis, Trachys minuta, and Lamia textor.

I just got back from Nerskaya.[...]

By the way, I also met only a turnip from the Pieris there.

There by the way lessa all spilled, figs where normally will pass. More violets blooming in the sea, in some places straight fields. I don't say anything about ticks....be afraid of them!:)

We just got back from the dacha (Voskresensky district). They set traps in the spruce forest. Since the night was still cold, only the morning beetles fell into the traps. From really pleasant-current Karabus Glabratus. One biotope (a wonderful swamp) could not be examined, and the old faithful stain was lost. In general, some disorders

Last night, in Moscow, plus 19. Years of us despite the night heat rotten (oh, if only in the country). Of the hawkmoth only lime, there are no shovels at all. There are 10-15 species of moth, all common. And in general, the total number of flying below the baseboard...

From plum, forgot to add

Returning home today, I see Ptilodon capucina sitting on the wall at the entrance (the lamp, by the way, on which it flew is an ordinary incandescent lamp, and even in this weather):


This post was edited by AntSkr - 05/22/2008 15: 57

Over the past 3 days, the weather in Moscow has improved significantly, despite the rain. There is no time to write in detail, but briefly - hawkmoth-linden and ocellate, crested-Notodonta dromedarius, Pheosia gnoma, Leucodonta bicoloria, Pterostoma palpinum, a couple of species of common arctii, quite a few species of sagittarii have already appeared from the scoops, metalworms are beginning to fly, only 20 scoops have been found these days, about the same number of moth species, maybe even more, but nothing outstanding or rare.

Surroundings of Khlyupino station, Odintsovo district of Moscow region, today.
Diaries: anglewing, peacock's eye, mottledwing, cabbage patch, turnip, Carterocephalus-s, dawn, spring pigeon, shashechnitsy have already come out - I saw one avrinia. I didn't meet Egeria, whom I went to pick up.


Scoops and moths:
Pseudopanthera macularia
Semiothisa clathrata
Ematurga atomaria
Lomaspilis marginata

Callistege mi

Euclidia glyphica

Some platitudes, in general. Well, at least Callistege mi caught, which I did not meet at the dacha.
In the "Definition" there is also a moth (Xanthorhoe), a leafworm and a weevil.

This post was edited by Ilya U - 05/27/2008 17: 21

Egeria can be found near coniferous forests somewhere in Serpukhov (for example, near the PTZ). I'll be going to the area myself soon.

to Ilya Y:
Egeria flies in the forest itself, almost in the thicket. At least in Khlyupino.
But I haven't seen Avrinia there in 15 years, thank you!

Last night, Moscow. After prolonged rains, butterflies come to life very slowly, the years are sluggish, except that two males of Drymonia dodonaea flew from not the most banal butterflies.

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Caught on weekends in the light. On Friday, it was about 10 degrees, but the weather was somewhat poor, nothing particularly interesting, mostly banal, just one H. galii at dusk on lilac trees, in the mass of thin worms from 8 pm, when it is still light.

On Saturday, the temperature dropped to 7 degrees, but something else was flying, to my surprise. Also thin shells in the mass, and on the lilac metallovidki. And a little more, when I was going to turn off the light, an ocular hawk moth flew in.

On Friday, I found a caterpillar on the road, Malacosoma sp.


This post was edited by AntSkr - 01.06.2008 23: 06

Here is a question, thinworms-Korscheltellus lupulina? How do they differ from hecta?

Hecta has more developed bandages (spots).Compare images, photos taken from the site http://sungaya.narod.ru. Their laziness was to take pictures

to AntSkr
Your caterpillar to view:Malacosoma castrense (milkweed cocoonworm), I have found them myself more than once.

Report on a trip to the Sushka River for Mnemosines and yolks near Antsiferovo 30.05.08.
I left too early, as a result, I was already at the turn to Danki-Serpukhov at 8 o'clock. I decided that it was still early and cold to look at the neighboring glades and edges on the way to the place I was looking for. Whether it was really still cold, or the places were not the most suitable, in general, I did not find anything outstanding. Pictures of what happened there I can imagine. There were a lot of small black caterpillars in one place, and there were about 10 of them sitting on the same leaf. Does anyone know who they're from?
At about 9: 30, the first whitewash appeared and I decided that it was time to move to the right place. I saw Mnemosyne from the road, shot out of the car and ran towards them. At the same time, about twenty flying individuals could be seen in a clearing of 20 by 50 meters. Once again, a huge respect to Frost! After catching two pairs and taking pictures, I went to my dacha near Orekhovo along the 2nd concrete road.
My path lay through the forest-seed farm near Antsiferovo described on the forum. Of course, I drove into it. After driving slowly around the farm for about a kilometer, I saw the first yellow egg from the car and made a stop. Big respect for Ilya U's place! It was a little chilly, and the sun was setting behind the clouds, so they probably flew solo at one-minute intervals. Catching another yellow egg, I saw a bumblebee hawk moth hovering over a dandelion tree. I don't know what it was, because he ran away and I never saw them again. I also caught one blood dipper, missed the second one...who caught it there, how often and how many of them fly there? What kind of yolks I caught while not knowing, because they are drying, and I'm a sucker for yolks. In general, the trip was a success, if not for the greased nights at the dacha, everything would have been super in general. The temperature at night was in the first plus 1, in the second 0, as a result, almost nothing flew, only one bad blind hawk moth; on Saturday afternoon there was no sun at all as a result of not bumblebees, not Proserpines, it was not really possible to catch on this trip.

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just one bad blind hawk moth

Blind hawk moth bad? how many of them do you have flying, if the blind are considered bad? I've only caught it once...

sdi, thank you for your kind words.
Jaundice on the Nile are C. myrmidone, and there are also C. hyale in the area.
Nerskaya looks great in spring. We should get going.
The blood dippers are just starting to fly, I think.

Blind hawk moth bad? how many of them do you have flying, if the blind are considered bad? I've only caught it once...

A bad one, perhaps. because he rushes around in front of the lamp like a fool

to sdi: what fucking familiar places! Oh, we should go if the weather doesn't let us down!

Blind hawk moth bad? how many of them do you have flying, if the blind are considered bad? I've only caught it once...

If the weather is normal in June, then 1-2 people arrive every night. Just 10 ocular pieces per night, and here one is blind and there were no others at all.

sdi, thank you for your kind words.
Jaundice on the Nile are C. myrmidone, and there are also C. hyale in the area.
Nerskaya looks great in spring. We should get going.
The blood dippers are just starting to fly, I think.

C. hyale I know, one female was caught, but as for the orange ones, I'm not sure that all of them are of the same species. At the expense of the bloody ones, I don't fly them, so I would like to go and catch more, if they are quite frequent there.

Here is a question, thinworms-Korscheltellus lupulina? How do they differ from hecta?

You say blind... but I don't have any of your thin shells at all.

to AntSkr
Your caterpillar to view:Malacosoma castrense(milkweed cocoonworm), I have found them myself more than once.

If not difficult, what are the clear differences between the caterpillars of both species? They are different in the photos, but it is difficult without photos...

sdi
Actually, the location was specified by kotbegemot! I didn't know there was a blood dipper and bumblebees!

sdi
Actually, the location was specified by kotbegemot! I didn't know there was a blood dipper and bumblebees!

I apologize to kotbegemot! So thank you so much for this cool place! By the way, on the other side of the road, opposite the sign about the forest-seed industry, yellowheads, dawns, an unlimited number of shabby raspberries and thick-headed palemons and sylvies also fly, sitting on drying puddles. Still there flew any pyadenitsy, will dry up I will write what, but precisely at me not flying.

I apologize to kotbegemot! So thank you so much for this cool place! By the way, on the other side of the road, opposite the sign about the forest-seed industry, yellowheads, dawns, an unlimited number of shabby raspberries and thick-headed palemons and sylvies also fly, sitting on drying puddles. Still there flew any pyadenitsy, will dry up I will write what, but precisely at me not flying.

Yes, ospadi, what garbage

On pyadenitsam -- I put on Scotopteryx mucronata
In 2000, it was the most massive family species out there.

This post was edited by kotbegemot - 02.06.2008 19: 36

Yes, ospadi, what garbage

On pyadenitsam -- I put on Scotopteryx mucronata
In 2000, it was the most massive family species out there.

With a speck - right in the bull's-eye.

People, in the night from Saturday to Sunday they promise frosts, will this somehow affect the butterflies?

Did you watch this on Yandex, or something? Don't believe Yandex, they change the weather 3 times a day...
In general, the weather can only be viewed the next day, and even then the probability of an error is high.
And this weather is no longer in any framework does not climb, already with might and main should butterflies fly, and at night below 7 degrees and no summer...

This post was edited by AntSkr-05.06.2008 18: 36

In general, such May and the beginning of June in general have not been in the MO since 95, when I actively started fishing at night. The worst year in terms of temperature. Last night in Moscow, a slight trend towards an increase in summer, at least something green flew (Pseudoips prasinana), banal of course, but with the calm that now flies at night, at least some bright spot.

I was in the vicinity of the PTZ today.Lawns and surrounding areas). Visited Mnemosyne glade(thanks to Sdi). A total of 5 pieces were met, I took a couple. Before reaching this clearing, I drove into a huge field bordering the forest. There was a darkness of Coenonympha pamphilus and fatheads. And absolutely no one else! No checkers, no mother-of-pearl, no pigeons! Then I went to the village of Luzhki and caught a pair of female Lycaena dispar, 1 male Lycaena alciphron and a male Lycaena phlaeas in a field near Oka. I didn't see any more pigeons today. 1 Colias hyale was also seen.
It's kind of weird, don't you think? It's already mid-June, and there aren't many butterflies. Maybe because of the cold spring?

I was in the vicinity of the PTZ today.Lawns and surrounding areas). Visited Mnemosyne glade(thanks to Sdi). A total of 5 pieces were met, I took a couple. Before reaching this clearing, I drove into a huge field bordering the forest. There was a darkness of Coenonympha pamphilus and fatheads. And absolutely no one else! No checkers, no mother-of-pearl, no pigeons! Then I went to the village of Luzhki and caught a pair of female Lycaena dispar, 1 male Lycaena alciphron and a male Lycaena phlaeas in a field near Oka. I didn't see any more pigeons today. 1 Colias hyale was also seen.
It's kind of weird, don't you think? It's already mid-June, and there aren't many butterflies. Maybe because of the cold spring?

The place opener is Frost, so thank you to him. As for the poor summer of daytime, there were two nights and one day near Tambov, there are practically no daytime ones, as far as the types of banal haylofts, pigeons, thick-headed birds, yellowheads, swallowtails are generally not clear, I hoped for the best. At night, it is much more fun, but also, completely expectations were not met - from a particularly memorable pair of milkweed hawkmoth. I will give you a more detailed report with photos approximately in the coming Monday-Wednesday. Yes, at night, together with me, a spider was found under the lamp, a huge, furry, three-centimeter torso, with all 6-7 paws, it was scary , I didn't think that there were such monsters so close to Moscow (I'll also attach a photo of the spider).

Yesterday I returned from practice (Istra district of Moscow Region, Polevshina).
I was there from May 26 to June 13. The place turned out to be very interesting, which I didn't expect. There are many different biotopes: pine and deciduous forests, wet glades with mountain grass and huge glades with tar, many old oaks on the edges of forests and dry sandy places. Caught only during the day, fishing in the light broke off. The weather was a little bad, and once the wind was so strong that half the trees in the area were knocked down.
Oh, well, get to the point. I didn't expect to see just a huge amount of mnemosyne there, as many as 20 pieces flew in a bunch in one clearing. Also, many bumblebees flew in Smolkov glades. I caught a male and female Carabus coriaceus on the Istra riverbank. I think there are a lot of them there, as the remains of these beetles were lying around everywhere. I caught Protaetia marmorata on the leaking oak sap, and found Mesosa myops barbel on the trunk of a dying tree. On the bank of the Istra vdh. got nebria livida. But the most interesting thing was the capture of Lycaena helle!!! About her even without comments

Here is a list of butterflies and some beetles:
Hesperiidae:
Pyrgus malvae
Сarterocephalus palaemon
Carterocephalus silvicola
Ochlodes sylvanus

Papilionidae:
Parnassius mnemosyne

Lycaenidae:
Lycaena helle
Lycaena tityrus
Celastrina argiolus
Polyommatus icarus
Polyommatus semiargus

Pieridae:
Anthocharis cardamines
Aporia crataegi
Gonepteryx rhamni

Satyridae:
Coenonympha pamphilus
Coenonympha glycerion
Lopinga achine

Nymphalidae:
Euphydryas aurinia
Melitaea diamina

Arctiidae:
Spilosoma lubricipedum
Eilema sororcula

Drepanidae:
Drepana falcataria

Geometridae:
Abraxas sylvata
Hypomecis roboraria
Pseudopanthera macularia
Macaria notata
Siona lineata
Ematurga atomaria
Aethalura punctulata
Chiasmia clathrata
Epirrhoe tristata
Rheumaptera hastata
Angerona prunaria

Noctuidae:
Panemeria tenebrata (found a clearing in the forest where they were just in bulk)

Sesiidae:
Synanthedon sp.

Sphingidae:
Hemaris fuciformis
Hemaris tityus (caught mating)

Carabidae:
Carabus coriaceus
Carabus nemoralis
Carabus granulatus
Carabus hortensis
Elaphrus sp.
Nebria livida

Cerambycidae:
Agapanthia violacea
Agapanthia sp.
Mesosa myops
Rhagium inquisitor
Rhagium mordax (in large quantities on leaking oak sap)
Toxotus cursor
Brachyta interrogationis
Judolia sexmaculata

Scarabaeidae:
Protaetia marmorata
Cetonia aurata
Protaetia cuprina

Well, a few photos from those places:






And finally, a monument to the girl who was torn apart by UFOs


This post was edited by Zhuk - 18.06.2008 23: 23

I spent a week catching the light in MO. We flew normally only last night, before that the weather was quite bad, and the moon is constantly shining.
Arctiidae

S. lubricipedum
S. lutea
S. urticae
Diacrisia sannio (I only saw one battered one in the field, but did not catch it)
E. sororcula

Lasiocampidae
Yesterday, one female M. rubi
also found 6 caterpillars of M. castrense, 3 of them have already cocooned, 3 are still crawling (in general, they should already fly...) and 1 M. neustria (died)

There was only one P. gnoma of the crested whales during the week

Lymantriidae
Calliteara pudibunda (2 per week)

Sphingidae
fly singly, there are always a lot of Sphingidae, linden, ocellate, one battered blind, one aspen also flew.
Wine shops should be flying by now, but they are still missing...

Hepialidae
Finish flying Korscheltellus lupulina, start flying daily Hepialus humuli.

Geometridae
Abraxas sylvata
Angerona prunaria
Cepphis advenaria
Hypomecis roboraria
Lomaspilis marginata
Lomographa bimaculata
Lomographa temerata
Macaria alternata
Opisthograptis luteolata
Plagodis dolabraria (2 specimens, 1 caught, 2 missed)
Chlorissa viridata
Various banal Larentiinae, nothing interesting (it takes a long time to list)...
Cyclophora pendularia
Scopula immorata
Timandra comae

From the daytime Aricia artaxerxes, Glaucopsyche alexis (it looks like they are, photo below), Melitaea diamina, Lycaena dispar and, in my opinion, Lycaena hippothoe (did not catch, flew away) and banals.
Today I caught mating glassworms, I don't know the type.

Glaucopsyche alexis (looks like they are, photo below)

this is Polyommatus semiargus