Caucasus, Ciscaucasia and Transcaucasia

Roman, what kind of fish are so wonderful and what is their colorful stuff?

Not fish, but gill - footed crustaceans Branchipus schaefferi
Colorful, this is caviar in females

I've never seen this before

antispam won't let you upload images, but I've cut them off to 1000 points

Valentin (greetings to you from Komarov ), the list of" diaries " will be a little later, because I haven't overslept yet-during the day in the mountains, all night under a light bulb-to sleep for 3-4 hours and so on for a week. part of the fees are from Sasha Dergalev( Dergg), he collected for Krupitsky, and we will hope for his determination.

zhabronogi cool, met in a floodplain puddle, in the vicinity of Brut, at the place where there used to be a fish farm, and now it was bought out and left 2 of the 9 ponds, sprayed with herbicide so that the reed on the shore did not grow, so that it was more visible to "violators" and made a paid fishing trip

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Tseysky glacier. at the base of~2250m n.o. m. the ice thickness is up to 30 meters, giving rise to the Ceidon. it leaves at a speed of up to 10 m / year




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The very first monument to Ilyich in the USSR! mountain minimalism and conciseness shifts the assemblage point....

I will add my own photos to Roman's Ossetian report.

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AGG, and where was the bogomoly ooteka filmed and at what height?

  AGG, and where was the bogomoly ooteka filmed and at what height?

If we are talking about the ooteka in my last post, then it was shot on a mountain slope in the Alagir Gorge, at an altitude of about 1000 m. By the way, I am interested in the question of what kind of ooteka this belongs to. It doesn't seem to be very similar to the oothecae of our usual southern mantis species, which I have previously encountered.

I will add my own photos to Roman's Ossetian report.

Rare black coloration in the pupa of Lasiommata megera. I only saw green ones.

Rare black coloration in the pupa of Lasiommata megera. I only saw green ones.

Maybe it depends on the color of the "background" somehow? Lasiommata megera obviously does not always pupate on rocks

Maybe it depends on the color of the "background" somehow? Lasiommata megera obviously does not always pupate on rocks

I don't know, there is no such pattern. And in your picture, the color of the stone strongly contrasts with the chrysalis. It's probably just genetics. Either green or black. Maybe someone knows something about it?

If we are talking about the ooteka in my last post, then it was shot on a mountain slope in the Alagir Gorge, at an altitude of about 1000 m. By the way, I am interested in the question of what kind of ooteka this belongs to. It doesn't seem to be very similar to the oothecae of our usual southern mantis species, which I have previously encountered.

Sorry, I mixed up the posts Ooteka is very similar to Bolivaria brachyptera.

A short raid on Dagestan.
18-20. VI. 2014
Norat-Tube ridge, Sarykum barkhana area.
There was no rain and everything is burning out. There aren't many butterflies.







Here, apparently, a real macho man is buried.


Death is everywhere.


And life is everywhere. Pseudochazara pelopea


Lycaena thersamon






Palpares libelloides. Careful beast, does not allow you to crawl close.


Short-winged Bolivaria



Poloz multicolored


Agrakhan Peninsula. Plavni, steppes... there aren't many butterflies.


A rarity!


But they have thoughts-Here it is-the pose of a thinking beetle!


Very bright leaf eaters.



Wildlife on the cordon of the reserve.



Night fishing. There are a lot of bedbugs and small beetles.



This post was edited by Valentinus - 23.06.2014 15: 38

A short raid on Dagestan.
18-19. VIII. 2014
Norat-Tube ridge, Sarykum barkhana area.
There was no rain and everything is burning out. There aren't many butterflies.

Is this a trip to the future??? Judging by the date of the "raid", yes...

Also surprised =)

And why be surprised? The report is today, but the plans are already for tomorrow ...
Entomological space is curved, which means that time flows differently for the participant .

Time runs the same for everyone.

This is for those who read the report . And for those who participate in it, the time is curved .

A thousand apologies-ochapatka.
Date of trip 18-20. VI. 2014

Interesting: a crowd of Anax on the screen. What kind?

Interesting: a crowd of Anax on the screen. What kind?

Maybe it's Anax imperator?

Hello.

Please tell me about catching insects in the Caucasus.
In mid-July, I will be in the area of Maykop in the mountains and in the village. Beregovoe, Krynitsa, near Gelendzhik.
From the traps I plan to use buried glasses. You probably won't be able to put up a screen with a sheet.

Can you tell me where and who you can look for at this time?
Where to look for rhinoceros beetle, Caucasian ground beetle and barbel?
What are the best traps to use? Maybe with wine and yeast or something similar?

A thousand apologies-ochapatka.
Travel date 18-20. VI. 2014

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Maybe it's Anax imperator?

IMHO this is Anax parthenope -- although with this picture, alas, some doubts remain. In general, the topic of dragonflies flying to the light is an interesting topic.

IMHO this is Anax parthenope -- although with this picture, alas, some doubts remain. In general, the topic of dragonflies flying to the light is an interesting topic.

to me last year in the room flew into the light of the emperor, because it was already dark

IMHO this is Anax parthenope -- although with this picture, alas, some doubts remain. In general, the topic of dragonflies flying to the light is an interesting topic.

If you are interested , I will shoot purposefully.

If you are interested , I will shoot purposefully.

Valentine, thank you. Interesting - although I can't say that's what's interesting in the first place. In general, everything about dragonflies is interesting. So if it happens before then, you can shoot it. And if it's not up to that, then it's fate.

IMHO-could fly to the sound of small insects, because actually dragonflies are completely daytime animals...

IMHO-could fly to the sound of small insects, because actually dragonflies are completely daytime animals...

Do dragonflies hear their prey? I thought they could only see. And on the light came those who hunted at dusk and were "sucked in".

Well, the term sucked in doesn't hold water either.I meant-flew to the activity and acc. noise and vibrations created by small animals on the screen - as an option.

Odonata attracted by light – a new topic for myth-busters (Danladi M. Umar, Milen G. Marinov, Martin Schorr, Hazel M. Chapman).
http://www.dragonflyfund.org/images/report...hapman_2012.pdf

Odonata attracted by light – a new topic for myth-busters (Danladi M. Umar, Milen G. Marinov, Martin Schorr, Hazel M. Chapman).
http://www.dragonflyfund.org/images/report...hapman_2012.pdf

Well, I'm talking about this. Dragonflies were hunting at dusk, and then bang and the lamp was lit. So they were caught.

question to all: in the first days of August I can be in the Tuapse region. Where in the vicinity (the nearest mountain ranges) can you go for Nordman's Parnassius? If anyone has points on this Parnassius in the nearest areas, I will be grateful. And in general, what can you catch in early August in those parts?

probably closer to the Lagonak Highlands. the Oshten massif, Fisht will not be his - there Nordmanni carpet flies in August.

7-20. VII. 2014
Trans-Caucasian trip on the "Niva" on the route Georgia-Turkey-Nakhichevan.
The company was formed by Vladimir Lukhtanov.

Part one-Georgia.

Surrounding area of Akhaltsikhe.
Last year we found this gorge together with Igor Kostyuk. This is an abandoned part of a Soviet tank training ground. Across the ridge is an active training ground, but here it's just a nature reserve. Cattle are grazed until mid-summer, then they go higher into the mountains and the gorge remains almost without people. There is a spring. A trickle runs along the bottom. Get high!





Daytime butterflies counted about 50 species.
Plebejidea loewii



Satyrium spini + S. ledereri



Minois dryas



Lycaena thersamon



Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) cyaneus pseudocyaneus. Probably the first images of this taxon from the type locality. It goes without saying that the definition of agrodietuses was taken over by Vladimir Lukhtanov.



Melitaea interrupta



Kretania eurypilus



Argynnis niobe



Some bees settle down for the night.



Molodilo

Part two-Turkey (beginning).
The border crossing was planned through Akhalkalaki, but at the gas station in this city we were disappointed, saying that the crossing does not work yet. I had to go to the Valais. They passed through Georgian customs without getting out of the car. There was a problem on the Turkish one. It was necessary to apply for insurance, and this can only be done in the nearest city - Posof. I had to wait in the car, and Vladimir had to take a taxi and draw up the documents. This was followed by a more or less thorough inspection of our belongings and "freedom for parrots".
Just beyond Posof, the road climbs to pass 2600. We couldn't miss this opportunity. We turned onto a dirt track and climbed another 100 meters.
They grabbed cameras, nets and broke down...
Unfortunately, there were not enough animals. On the scree caught three Erebia transcaucasica (the one that graucasica transcaucasica), fluttered Pyrgus jupei and Argiades pyrenaicus. Very bright carabuses were crawling around.









Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli stjernvalli Mannerheim, 1830 (Thanks to Alexander (Shtil) for the definition)




Then we drove through the high-altitude meadows to the east. The road passed at altitudes of about 2000 m. We spent the night in a pine forest, not far from the road. There were buttermilk and we cooked them with potatoes. It seems that local mushrooms are not respected.



The next day we stopped for an excursion in the vicinity of Kars. The fauna is ours. Nothing original, it seems, could be collected.




Phengaris arion lays its eggs on thyme.


As a driver, I really liked the signs. They are for people, and not as we have, for traffic policemen. Where there is a 50, please slow down, otherwise you will fly off the track or break the car. No one is sitting in the bushes and is not going to punish you for speeding.
They don't really look at the markup and it's very relaxing.
Very expensive gasoline - 100 rubles / liter. The roads are highway pieces, broken two-lane pieces. There are few cars and it's a pleasure to drive.

This post was edited by Valentinus - 29.07.2014 18: 00

Turkey, Araks Valley.

As we descended into the Arax Valley, we could already feel the heat. The slopes were burned out. Only shrubs and tugai trees remained green. There weren't many butterflies. I was hoping to meet Gegenes nostrodamus, but no, only Eogenes alcides.



Pseudochazara thelephassa



Aragats in Armenia is visible in the background.




To the left of the river is the Armenian territory. There are border towers and bans on access to the border all around.



Arax




pumpkin house



On the camel thorn Plebejus idas (christophi?)




Zlatki.




Cornflower



Landscapes





Well, my favorite rack, where without it. Customs will be boring to pass



Here is Big Ararat nearby... this mountain will be discussed later.

Turkey, Mount Ararat.

On Googlemap, I spent a long time looking for a road that would fit as close to the top as possible. I only found one. We followed it.
We got to the foot of Ararat in the evening and stopped at a mown area of hay. Some of the grass was still intact and we took a short tour. The results were very modest, without a single interesting appearance. Just like in the North Caucasus, hayfields are not the best place for butterflies. Apparently, this is due to the simultaneous removal of grass stands and the death of developmental stages.
We spent the night. At night, a new camp was set up very close to us, but we were not disturbed, although we were seen.


In the morning we started going up by car. First along the road, then along a barely noticeable lane between the camps. We went up to the lava tongue and stopped at 2200. Immediately, colorful local shepherds came up. They were Kurds. The conversation ended with smiles and the display of nets.


Going up, we hoped to collect high-altitude blackheads, well, and interesting pigeons. But the results were very modest. Cattle ate the grass, turning the slopes into lawns. The rocky areas were more fun, but still not ice.








Argiades pyrenaicus



Coenonympha leander




Pyrgus alveus?




We covered a kilometer in height and reached the first snowfields and saw nothing but goats and sheep there. A shepherd came up with a gun. He greeted us and left. Sadness...




I got to the car first. Two armed men immediately approached me. They were stylishly dressed in wide gray trousers, belted woolen scarves with Russian lemons on the belt. Their submachine guns (AKM and some German ones) were in heavy cloth cases with the letters RKK (some Kurdistan Party) embroidered on them. One of them spoke a little English, about the same as I did, and we understood each other quite well. They checked my documents, looked at my photos, and asked for a small pair of binoculars. They said they didn't like the Dutch or the French, and they killed the Turks. When Vladimir came up, a dastarkhan was already set at the car, we were drinking tea, and one of the Kurds cheerfully showed us the gesture of death.
We left, but spent the second night again at the foot of Ararat. The shepherd came up, found out that we were from Russia and said that we could be here, since this is Russian land.


View of Big and Small Ararat from the highway to Nakhichevan.