Moscow and the Moscow region

Report on fishing in Pestovo from somewhere 17.07 to 25.08, (only recorded once for a trip with Gennadich to Lishnyagi in early August). Every year, new species are getting harder to get, but they are also getting tastier . The distinctive features of this season are the crappy flight of butterflies even on the most suitable nights, the arrival in August of typical July species (I marked them in italics in the list, since they themselves are not interesting, but only the arrival time is interesting, and wrote the date of the last find), as well as the complete absence of all ribbons except yellow. This time there are problems not only with the micra, but also with a couple of scoops, so I ask you to look at the topic by definition of someone who knows, like barko) I almost didn't deal with other insects at that time, I took a picture of only one barbel, now it was identified - it turned out to be Trichoferus campestris!

So, the list of interesting things - macro, fire shots and micro (For Vlad, there will probably be a lot of interesting things in the definition)

Sesiidae
Synansphecia triannuliformis

Cossidae
Zeuzera pyrina-August 21

Geometridae
Abraxas sylvata-August 21
Orthonama vittata

Nymphalidae
Hyponephele lycaon - I don't remember if I marked it before, but I definitely didn't add it to my list. Now it will.

Lasiocampidae
Odonestis pruni-August 24

Erebidae
Arctornis l-nigrum-August 22
Hypena crassalis - August 23
Schrankia costaestrigalis

Notodontidae
Gluphisia crenata-August 23

Noctuidae
Syngrapha interrogationis
Caradrina petraea
Euplexia lucipara-August 24
Trachea atriplicis-August 24
Globia algae
Coenophila subrosea

Crambidae
Anania funebris
Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis
Perinephela lancealis-August 25

Pyralidae
Apomyelois bistriatella
Euzophera cinerosella

Bedelliidae
Bedellia somnulentella

Depressariidae
Agonopterix kaekeritziana

Gelechiidae
Aproaerema anthyllidella
Psoricoptera gibbosella
Stenolechia gemmella

Coleophoridae
Damophila alcyonipennella
Damophila trifolii

Choreutidae
Prochoreutis sehestediana

Tortricidae
Cochylimorpha alternana
Epinotia trigonella










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Time paradox :


This post was edited by Ilya U - 26.08.2013 20: 32

August 24-26.
Neftyanik-Poplar.
I visited sdi in Neftyanik,despite the fact that the weather is quite warm(at night +17) and 2 DRL 250 worked(one of them is crushed), it flew very BADLY.Came in a single copy of not quite pure Staurophora celsia.

Mikroulov



I don't know maybe among the Sterrhinae that thread interesting?



The next day we went to visit me, to shine a light in Poplar and on the moor.The weather has turned bad completely, at night it is rainy and cold.
We didn't go to the moor.
Three DRL-250s (one naturally split)attracted bears and not a large number of macro and micro killed scales.Therefore, as a photo of the samovar from which we drank tea, there is nothing more to post.

Upon arrival home, I found that finally someone was out(Conistra vaccinii).
Poplar.Caterpillar on the plum 16.06.2013

Doll 18.07.2013




26.08.2013

Where did everything go

The post was edited by Gennadich - 26.08.2013 19: 33

It is cold (at 9 am 12 degrees outside the window).
But nevertheless, I tried fishing on the balcony tonight and some people flew in (although with a limited variety).
The result of urban fishing is shown in the two images below.
I'm especially interested in the rather cute scoop in the first picture.
Who could it be?
Night from 27 to 28 August 2013 Moscow region, Zheleznodorozhny.

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Allophyes oxyacanthae

Today is not a big replenishment.
Probably Caloptilia jurateae.
M. O., Serebryano-Prudsky district, Lishnyagi village, on a holly maple (Acer platanoides), 9.08.2013
In this form I found it.

In this, she came to my house(you can see how the caterpillar skeletonized the leaf)10.08.2013



Building a cocoon 11.08.2013



Cocoon with pupa 12.08.2013

Pupa before the butterfly leaves 28.08.2013



What you were aiming for 29.08.2013

The second point in Russia, eeeee!

30.08-4.09.2013, Poplar.
Rainy,cool, and not too many years old.
Of the most interesting is that one Eublemma purpurina.
On the screen as usual Xestia c-nigrum, lined Epinotia nisella yes Epinotia trigonella and a bunch of hornets.
These were already a joy.




Mushrooms pleased






Oh, I forgot about the deposit.
Acleris hastiana
M. O., Orekhovo-Zuyevsky district, platforma Nerskaya, on the eared willow (Salix aurita), 1.08.2013



10.08.2013




4.09.2013



The post was edited by Gennadich - 05.09.2013 16: 02

While it is cold and there is nothing to catch,I will brighten up this time with warm memories of summer.
If anyone remembers how in one of the reports I wrote that I caught a female Protoschinia scutosa in Lichens, and that she gave eggs.
So I bring to your attention what I got.
M. O., Serebryano-Prudsky district, D. Lishnyagi, abandoned quarry, 08.08.2013, here I caught a female.

The female Protoschinia scutosa was photographed at home on 10.08.2013

Eggs 10.08.2013

Caterpillars 13.08.2013, fed field wormwood (Artemisia campestris)


19.08.2013


23.08.2013


26.08.2013


30.08.2013


Doll 07.09.2013





Pupae will spend the winter, one left in the heat can be a butterfly and will come out without diapause.

  
Mushrooms pleased...

Have you ever watched beetles on mushrooms?

Have you ever watched beetles on mushrooms?

There were also beetles on mushrooms.only some staphylins, and in mushrooms it looks like their larvae.

September 12-16 Poplar.
Due to some circumstances, I had to sit in the country.Well, to sit not in vain, this time was used to some advantage.
About mushrooms.






In the afternoon I mowed on the heather on the moor and to my surprise I found the freshest Xylena vetusta in the net


Orgyia recens on a basket mushroom hat


About night fishing.
The rains stopped completely,only from September 15 to 16, the evening temperature crept up to the top at night,20:00 +11,5 2:10 +13,0,Then leth perked up

Ptilophora plumigera appeared in the Sergiev Posad district, Zolotylovo village. (today, into the light)
Actually, it doesn't surprise anyone anymore, but this is the first time I've seen it here.

This post was edited by Sungaya - 09/21/2013 00: 49

Ptilophora plumigera appeared in the Sergiev Posad district, Zolotylovo village. (today, into the light)
Actually, it doesn't surprise anyone anymore, but this is the first time I've seen it here.

So at work I will catch it..... With males, I just had a shortage
Actually sad: plumigera, defoliaria, brumata / fagata, orthogrammaria....... And then "white flies" and winter

Actually, it's cool! White flies, black nights, frosts.... And then March 8 and spring

I want to raise my spirits a little - you can still catch it!
Here is my report on fishing in the country from September 14 (I'm just posting it now, because I didn't have time). I was driving to the dacha (located on the border of Podolsk and Chekhov districts) with sad thoughts, but just at the right time from 9 to 12 the rain suddenly stopped, and I had the opportunity to catch the light. Fishing took place at a temperature of 10-11 degrees, sometimes dripping rain, but after five minutes stopped. As a result, I caught a certain number of butterflies. Fishing would be quite common in the fall, if not for two events. First – I caught Diloba caeruleocephala. I didn't have it in my collection, I used to take only caterpillars. The second is much more interesting – the capture of Griposia aprilina. The butterfly is both rare and beautiful. Last year (also 14.09) I caught a male, this time the purest female. Quite a few other autumn species also arrived.
Here they are:
Noctuidae
Griphosia aprilina
Macdunnoughia confusa
Hypena proboscidalis
Rivula sericealis
Diloba caeruleocephala
Autographa gamma
Xestia C-nigrum
Xestia icteritia
Allophyes oxyacanthae
Helicovera armigera
Geometridae
Colotois pennaria
Timandra comae
Xanthorhoe ferrugata

And here is the photo report:




This post was edited by AlexIva - 22.09.2013 14: 50

Here's the second part of this week's fishing report. I fished in Moscow, where I live.
Every day, either nothing, or one or two butterflies. Most often they are found on the white walls of houses and in the entrance. In general, I haven't caught anything special yet.
Kinds:
Noctuidae
Xestia C-nigrum
Amphipyra pyramidea
Geometridae
Colotois pennaria
Larerannis orthogrammaria

And a few more photos:


This post was edited by AlexIva - 22.09.2013 14: 47

In addition to my post from 21.09.2013.
Autumn :
Moscow, V. A. O., Bogorodskoe district, night of September 22-23, 2013 (at work).
Everything goes according to the script
Sad, though......

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 23.09.2013 10: 17

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I will add that in Moscow, in addition to plumiger (these already fly in the mass) poplar cocoonworms, fleecers, and brumates come to the lamp with might and main... The season in MO is over, even aprilina will not surprise anyone, the butterfly is becoming ordinary. It's good that at least there are a lot of mushrooms in the forest, white, Polish, aspen trees grow like grass (not my definition, but Mickey's, but it reflects the essence correctly). At the weekend near O-Zuyevo in 3 hours about 10 buckets of the above-mentioned mushrooms for three. Then the day was processed

It's good that at least there are a lot of mushrooms in the forest, white, Polish, aspen trees grow like grass (not my definition, but Mickey's, but it reflects the essence correctly). At the weekend near O-Zuyevo in 3 hours about 10 buckets of the above-mentioned mushrooms for three. Then the day was processed

I also still deal with these mushrooms.
On Saturday, we broke out with Alexey Vishnyakov under the Cockerels (Omutische): in a few hours, Lyosha gained 17 kg. Polish (according to him), well, I also threw up 10 kilograms. I go through a pine planting and just like "hilling beds" I don't remember so many mushrooms at a time........

Today, Moscow, TLCA Park.
Of the butterflies, Erannis defoliaria, Larerannis orthogrammaria, and Ptilophora plumigera were found in the mass, but no other species were recorded.

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And again about TLCA Park.
Today I was there before lunch and observed a lot of orthogrammarians, defoliarians, including females. Plumigers are not so numerous, but all are fresh, even just hatched.
In general, nothing special, but I had to collect it under snow grains, quite plentiful and large-the size of a rice grain.

Well, Sungaya and I were in TSCA today.The goal is to collect female orthogrammarians for eggs.In general, the goal was achieved,but to say that it was easy for us is not true.

Ptilophora reached the east of Moscow, counted tonight 15 pieces on the wall of a house in the district of Ivanovskoye, and this is only 2 entrances. I didn't mark it here in previous years.

Ptilophora plumigera by lepidopterolog, on Flickr

Ptilophora reached the east of Moscow, counted tonight 15 pieces on the wall of a house in the district of Ivanovskoye, and this is only 2 entrances. I didn't mark it here in previous years.

Tolya, I'm at work at home: http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=1433824
and at home, in Zheleznodorozhnoye, on the balcony, I catch it for the second year in a row.
Nothing surprising

Well, Sungaya and I were in TSCA today.The goal is to collect female orthogrammarians for eggs.In general, the goal was achieved,but to say that it was easy for us is not true.

2nd - Mycetophagus quadripustulatus similar. I thought these guys weren't running anymore...

Tolya, I'm at work at home: http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=1433824
and at home, in Zheleznodorozhnoye, on the balcony, I catch it for the second year in a row.
Nothing surprising

Nothing surprising, just nice And I stopped being surprised at anything in the MO when I caught a praying mantis in your Railway station

Last weekend, most likely, closed the season in the Chekhov district. On Saturday, during the preparation of the garden plot for winter, a wintering nymphalid was startled, which quite unexpectedly turned out to be Nymphalis polychloros. On Sunday, it was much warmer, the sun came out, and several specimens of the more familiar Nymphalis xanthomelas and Vanessa atalanta flew out. A small number of species came to the world - Poecilocampa populi, Operophtera brumata, Operophtera fagata, Colotois pennaria, Erannis defoliaria, Thera juniperata, Agrochola circellaris, Diloba caeruleocephala, Ptilophora plumigera. In general, there is nothing to surprise with, rather you can surprise with what did not arrive. This fall, for example, in the Moscow region, I did not notice a single Epirrita autumnata, although in previous years it flew to the light in large numbers and was found during the day in the forest. As for the butterflies of the genus Catocala - this year in the Chekhov district, as in the rest of the Moscow region, there were very few, only a few specimens of Catocala fulminea were born at the end of June and a few Catocala fraxini at the end of August. And the only Catocala nupta this season was celebrated in Moscow on June 29.

By the way, about katokal - in the Kaluga region, the same picture, apparently there are some reasons or absences, or large numbers in different regions, we had a lot in 2011, we sat and flew literally everywhere, when walking in the city park-just sat in the afternoon on the trunks of linden and oak trees by the dozens.

Last weekend, most likely, closed the season in the Chekhov district. On Saturday, during the preparation of the garden plot for winter, a wintering nymphalid was startled, which quite unexpectedly turned out to be Nymphalis polychloros. On Sunday, it was much warmer, the sun came out, and several specimens of the more familiar Nymphalis xanthomelas and Vanessa atalanta flew out. A small number of species came to the world - Poecilocampa populi, Operophtera brumata, Operophtera fagata, Colotois pennaria, Erannis defoliaria, Thera juniperata, Agrochola circellaris, Diloba caeruleocephala, Ptilophora plumigera. In general, there is nothing to surprise with, rather you can surprise with what did not arrive. This fall, for example, in the Moscow region, I did not notice a single Epirrita autumnata, although in previous years it flew to the light in large numbers and was found during the day in the forest. As for the butterflies of the genus Catocala - this year in the Chekhov district, as in the rest of the Moscow region, there were very few, only a few specimens of Catocala fulminea were born at the end of June and a few Catocala fraxini at the end of August. And the only Catocala nupta this season was celebrated in Moscow on June 29.

I agree with you, Epirrita autumnata was also very small in the Ivanovo region. We managed to catch only four specimens - three in the light and one during the day in flight. That's all. Catocala sp. there were also very few, and all the species of this genus. Catocala fulminea in the past years flew to the light dozens of pieces per night, this year no more than two or three, and then not every night. Where the oak species disappeared - sponsa and promissa - in 2008 - 2012 there were relatively many of them, this year there was no day with fire. C. fraxini and nupta also disappeared somewhere. I saw Nupta this year only once in the city, sitting on the wall of a house under a street lamp, and fraxini flew to the light on the weekend of September 7-8 in the amount of four copies. And this is despite the fact that in the past years, it arrived at the light every night starting from July 25 in the amount of at least three copies. In short, it is not clear where the order ribbons disappeared. Some kind of miracle.

For some reason, this year (in my area, at least) scoops of the genus Agrochola were completely absent. Even the most common, most banal type of Agrochola circellaris for the entire season, I was not able to collect a single copy. But what was very much, much more than usual, was the Helicoverpa armigera. These ubiquitous scoops were everywhere and met literally around the clock-and flew into the light in large numbers, and during the day they were constantly caught. They flickered, so to speak, over the flowers. But Autographa gamma, which usually happens in large numbers at this time, for some reason was not enough this year, met with single copies. It feels as if the Autographa gamma and Helicoverpa armigera species have swapped places...

Agrochola circellaris, the most banal species in previous years, by the way, this year, too, I have never been noted by me until last weekend, in which, after severe frosts, several specimens still arrived. And in 2010, for example, already in mid-August, there were plenty of representatives of this species....

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Waves of life.

What is going on in the garbage cans in populated areas,where watermelons and melons in tons just lie and rot...

What is going on in the garbage cans in populated areas,where watermelons and melons in tons just lie and rot...

What are watermelons and melons?.. today I dug in the rotten grass (which, however, was specially laid for beetles back in August) - several Monotoma (?)quadrifoveolata and a few Rhyncolus (?) reflexus (I'll elaborate further).

About Plumiger: on Saturday 5-X-2013, it was discovered on the Borodino field (Mozhaisk district of Moscow region) on the porch of the Borodino Museum.
On Sunday, 6-X-2013, between 16 and 17 hours in the park, TCA was still hatching (butterflies with still weak wings, mostly females, were sitting on the trunks). There were also older specimens, including actively flying ones.

Yesterday I was in Moscow on business, and in my spare time before the return train, I decided to walk along Vorobyevskaya Embankment, along which the Olympic flame was supposed to be carried. I was lucky enough to see this "event" (I won't write anything about the "action", because there are only letters at the end of the alphabet for the description).
BUT, walking along the embankment, I noticed that insects hang out on the fence (some midges, bedbugs, etc.). Starting to look closely, I found beetles: Adalia bipunctata, A. decimpunctata, Harmonia axyridis (!!!, my guess was confirmed by Andrey Ukrainsky, for which I thank him very much!) and weevils Dorytomus sp. I also saw Goldeneye, which, like Klopov, I ignored...
Well, in conclusion, a photo of the culprit of this post...

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Again, the notorious Ptilophora plumigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
It seems that this species is really becoming widespread in our country.
Collected for the sake of interest a dozen individuals (it was possible to have more, but did not become unnecessary) last night, under a lantern with DRL at his work.
It is noticed that in the series I took in 10 copies. for some reason, absolute "matriarchy" reigns: there is only 1 male for 9 females .
I wonder what this is connected with? With the climate?
Night of October 8-9, 2013
Moscow, Eastern Administrative District, Bogorodskoe district:

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I wonder what this is related to? With the climate?
Night of October 8-9, 2013
Moscow, Eastern Administrative District, Bogorodskoe district:

Often different genders, fly at different times of the day or night, it happens. that there's only one floor flying into the light.

Often different genders, fly at different times of the day or night, it happens. that there's only one floor flying into the light.

So at work I sleep only 3 hours a day officially (work obliges).
Yes, and "midnighter" : for 16 years of such work, the body has already developed.
So I watch all my free time from sleep
In addition, the butterfly is stupid: if it is "nailed" to the light, it sits "as if rooted to the spot" and nothing can move it (at least until the morning) By
the way: in Zheleznodorozhny, last year (this year I didn't catch it yet), only males flew to the light.
I'll have to try fishing today.

  
I wonder what this is connected with? With the climate?

The males were just flying away already!

Two females of Operophtera brumata were bred today.
1 Voinova gora 18.05.2013, on an oak tree


23.05.2013

4.06.2013



10.10.2013


2 Poplar 17.05.2013, on aspen


29.05.2013




10.10.2013


Today I'm going to the dacha, preparing for winter and closing the butterfly season.

The post was edited by Gennadich - 10.10.2013 12: 53