Siberia

On January 2, I went to the village. There, at a temperature of -20 degrees in the snow, I found this insect.

Maybe someone knows.

It looks like the larva of a beetle from sem. Cantharidae

Softshell larva Cantharidae

On January 2, I went to the village. There, at a temperature of -20 degrees in the snow, I found this insect.

Maybe someone knows.

The most interesting thing is that on December 31, it was minus half a degree and the sun, I found a similar larva in the snow in the Smolny region (on the southern border with the Moscow region). This is the larva of a beetle, you need to strain and think about what family?
Well, while the image was loading, two responses about the family were received. Thank you.

This post was edited by amara - 04.01.2012 16: 34

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Carabidae.

Napuca curvaria (Eversmann, 1852)


E.Siberia, Irkutsk Province, 5 km SE Ust-Orda,
4-VI-2011, leg. E.Berlov
The forewing length is 15 mm.
det. E.Berlov

Good day everyone!

Today in the Altai Territory about + 6. The first insects appeared. I caught the first butterfly - Aglais urticae and immediately went to spread it out. Unfortunately, when I saw her, there was nothing to photograph.

The season in the Altai Territory has opened!

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Good afternoon!!!

Today I decided to take a walk in the suburbs of Barnaul. It was +4, the snow is still melting and melting. There were very few insects, practically none.













Among the insects, I saw a half-asleep bear caterpillar and a half-asleep fly.

Well, what is it? Even in Barnaul it is already +4 and spring is felt, but in Saratov it is -5, it is cold, snow everywhere and nothing melts...

Voosche, indecent somehow warm in the Altai, I have today the doors in the car did not open, frozen. When is spring, EPRST?

Well, what is it? Even in Barnaul it is already +4 and spring is felt, but in Saratov it is -5, it is cold, snow everywhere and nothing melts...

Be strong, Nizhny Novgorod is with you!

Well, what is it? Even in Barnaul it is already +4 and spring is felt, but in Saratov it is -5, it is cold, snow everywhere and nothing melts...

Be strong, Nizhny Novgorod is with you!

And the Moscow region is also with you. Well, nothing: there will still be a holiday on our street.

Well, nothing: there will still be a holiday on our street.

Like today, when it's snowing like a bucket ..

Like today, when it's snowing like a bucket ..

Will, will......... in a week or two

Nature seems to be hinting: "Have you guys straightened out everything, put in order the material caught over the past year?"
Who did not bring-that and spring will not be

Nature seems to be hinting: "Have you guys straightened out everything, put in order the material caught over the past year?"
Who did not bring-that and spring will not be

Relax, I have not yet disassembled/installed all the collections in the previous 4 years

Relax, I haven't disassembled/installed all the collections in the previous 4 years    

There are so many of us! And there is a limit to everything - so nature is dissatisfied...
I don't know about anyone, but I got some beetles for soaking today - I'll do it in good weather!

And we have snowfall again, spring is not visible.

And we have snowfall again, spring is not visible.

We also. Apparently, spring will be late. Or stormy

And this is probably the case everywhere (now I have a light snowfall outside the window)

Roman, thank you very much for your reports. Personally, I really liked it!

My report is certainly not Columbia, but Siberia, but I think it will still be interesting to anyone.

Now it is very warm in the Altai, which, for example, pleases me.
Today it was +15. I decided to take another walk around the suburbs of Barnaul. This time it was more successful. Most of the insects I saw today were swimmers. They swam in thawed pools. There were also many spiders. They were like ants constantly running around under my feet. Speaking of ants, while walking around the suburbs, I found 2 active anthills. As I was about to leave, I suddenly saw Nymphalis xanthomelas, so I chased it, photographed it, but didn't catch it. Then I saw the mating game of two small mother-of-pearl birds, but in this case I did not manage to take a picture or catch them.

Today I decided to go "open the season", at the same time test a new camera
I went to the forest near the city. Spring came to us suddenly. Literally in 3-4 days all the snow melted! Even in the forest, it is almost gone, only on the shady side of the stands. The air temperature was about +7, but the wind was quite strong and cold. Nevertheless, I found 4 specimens of N. xanthomelas and one Archiearis parthenias. I noticed movement in the puddle - it turned out that the frog had already thawed and was swimming in the icy water! Well, so run all sorts of spiders, ants, small flies fly. so far, that's all... Yes, I also collected a bear caterpillar (most likely Ph. fuliginosa) and found an empty shell of a lemongrass pupa.

Today I decided to go "open the season", at the same time test a new camera

With mark! How is he?") I'm also going to take it in the near future)

[quote=Konung,05.04.2012 18:40]

With mark! How is he?") I'm also going to take it in the near future)

he is beyond praise! today it meets all my creative and professional needs

canon 5d mark2

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canon 5d mark2

Wow serious camera.

Tonight for the first time I went fishing without light sources - only on fruit baits! I am happy with the result - what I went for (Orbona fragariae scoop) caught in the amount of 4 pcs! In addition, a myriad of A. flavicornis, C. vaccinii flew, took one X. vetusta and X. exsoleta, also not on lures, but in flight in the light of a flashlight caught 3 pcs. Semioscopsis avellanella.

lanestris poperli!!!

we have wee endromys flying all over the place, including females.

we have wee endromys flying all over the place, including females.

What is your temperature during the day and what is it at night?

+5 at night, up to +20 during the day

This post was edited by Konung-12.04.2012 22: 08

 
Separately, I am glad that my generator started up from poltychka, even though I didn't preserve it for the winter-I didn't even drain the gasoline. 4,5 thousand rubles, no service - and plows like new ~

but my kipor has completely lost something. although it was properly preserved and kept warm. It seems to work, but the output voltage disappears about once every five minutes for one second, after which everything is fine again. But while the DRL flares up, you're already starting to lose your temper )) I had to buy a new generator, and then wait for this one to make already no time..
By catch:
we're just having an explosion in butterfly numbers this spring!
During the night of April 14-15, at least two hundred Eriogaster lanestris were taken for two (all males, females have not yet flown apparently), 50 pairs of fresh Endromis versicolora (I have never caught females in such quantities before), many different autumn-spring species of scoops: C. vaccinii, E. transversa, X. vetusta, X. exsoleta, O. fragariae, B. nubeculosa, O. incerta, Lithophane socia, etc., especially pleased with the capture of two excellent specimens of Dasypolia templi and two Perigrapha circumducta! Of the geometrids in the A. parthenias mass during the day, only a few Phigalia djakonovi were found at night. Micra also flies well - several species of Depressariidae (Semioscopsis, Agonopterix), Acleris, and small moths. So we have spring in full swing. I don't remember such a productive spring for butterflies...

Kayak for lanestris and endromis. If they take so many of them. Slava, why do you need a HUNDRED males?

but my kipor has completely lost something. although it was properly preserved and kept warm. It seems to work, but the output voltage disappears about once every five minutes for one second, after which everything is fine again. But while the DRL flares up, you're already starting to lose your temper )) I had to buy a new generator, and then wait for this one to make already no time..
By catches:
we're just having an explosion in butterfly numbers this spring!
During the night of April 14-15, at least two hundred Eriogaster lanestris were taken for two (all males, females have not yet flown apparently), 50 pairs of fresh Endromis versicolora (I have never caught females in such quantities before), many different autumn-spring species of scoops: C. vaccinii, E. transversa, X. vetusta, X. exsoleta, O. fragariae, B. nubeculosa, O. incerta, Lithophane socia, etc., especially pleased with the capture of two excellent specimens of Dasypolia templi and two Perigrapha circumducta! Of the geometrids in the A. parthenias mass during the day, only a few Phigalia djakonovi were found at night. Micra also flies well - several species of Depressariidae (Semioscopsis, Agonopterix), Acleris, and small moths. So we have spring in full swing. I don't remember such a productive spring for butterflies...

sergey sergeich chetverikov.
waves of life...

by the way, Svyatoslav, the boxes have arrived. I'm going to pick it up now.

Kayak for lanestris and endromis. If they take so many of them. Slava, why do you need a HUNDRED males?

So it is necessary!

sergey sergeich chetverikov.
waves of life...

by the way, Svyatoslav, the boxes have arrived. I'm going to pick it up now.

Thanks! about waves in the course
it's great that the boxes arrived on time!

Here is a short video from a night fishing trip in April of this year.
http://youtu.be/MqLbK5jJmDg

This post was edited by Konung - 19.04.2012 08: 55

Yesterday (the weather was summer) we got out with our daughter to the zoo. Since the decision (to see how "it" is there) was made spontaneously (on the street), then, accordingly, we went without "equipment" (no net, no stain...).
I had to catch it with my hands (of course, they didn't catch it), put it almost literally in my pocket.
We had lunch in the same place (in the zoo) in a cafe. Over the soup, the daughter "philosophically" recommended: "Dad, hold "them", please, tighter. If 'they' here scatter on the floor, we'll be kicked out; and I want to 'finish' my lunch properly."
Lemongrass was och. a lot.
And today it's snowing again…

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Knowing how nimble swimmers can be, I wonder how they were in such a large number in Yours !!in your pocket!! Probably he periodically bounced)))