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Ragweed leaf eater does not eat ragweed (21) ИНО

Here is a paradox: Zygogramma suturalis, of which there are a lot in Donetsk this year, is eaten by everyone except Ambrosia artemisiifolia. In the spring, I met on various autochthonous cruciferous plants, the last time-in general on mullein. At ...

21.09.2016 20:30 ИНО

There are captions under (or above) the photos. Anything that isn't labeled as asparagus or jerusalem artichoke is Ambrosia artemisiifolia, and its ...

Ground beetles vs slugs (16) borigv

Good afternoon. I ask for advice from entomologists: do ground beetles eat slugs? types of ground beetles that eat slugs? ground beetle preferences (slug sizes)? and all that you can suggest about this. Problem: I decided to transfer my garden to ...

09.08.2016 15:18 borigv

I don't see any reason for a dispute.The method of removing snow was not the most original during my search. The size of slugs I had was "tied" to ...

Linden hawk moth (1) аруд

People, pliz, tell me-is it possible to bring out a Linden hawk moth at home? Does the caterpillar need to have soil for pupation?. What are some of these pitfalls? Thank you very much.

18.07.2016 23:53 аруд

People, pliz, tell me-is it possible to bring out a Linden hawk moth at home? Does the caterpillar need to have soil for pupation?. What are some of ...

Questions about Swallowtail tracks (15) praersh

Maybe you know the answers to my questions about Swallowtail caterpillars:1. Does anyone eat Swallowtail caterpillars? I have on the site somewhere they disappear and not only large size. Large ones may leave to pupate. One of them, turning into a ...

13.05.2016 17:49 Rusilen

So. Last fall, the swallowtail did not come out of the pupa and I prepared it for the winter in the refrigerator. The twig on which he pupated was ...

Mesobuthus caucasicus in Ukraine (5) ИНО

Excerpt from the catalog of Viktor Fet (he is attached below):Labeling error? Is there anyone from the Odessa region here? File/s:  ___________________________.pdf size: 5.35 mb number of downloads: 357

07.04.2016 23:02 ИНО

Viktor Yakovich, thank you so much for responding! But is the labeling error completely eliminated? Because this is a very unusual find, completely ...

Beetle behavior (30) Коллекционер

I didn't find a similar topic, so please enlighten me if you have any .Looking at the cocoons of bronzes (Potosia affinis), they developed in my soil, so the cocoons came out of the ground, and I noticed an interesting thing. some of the many ...

13.03.2016 1:05 ИНО

Depending on what is considered outstanding, the same aurata has a lot of color variations, from bright red to purple, some of them are very rare in ...

Mass breeding of collemboli (Tula region) (2) Troglodit

Since my friends in the next topic branch are interested in applied issues, I'm creating a new one.In the network caught here is a funny video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9VVzalSkjE&feature=youtu.beIt would be interesting to know what kind ...

29.02.2016 19:40 ИНО

This video was discussed on the forum more than once. This behavior is characteristic of many species of several different genera. Defining this ...

Winter insects (50) ИНО

December 1, 2015:December 24, 2015:[attachmentid()=248277][attachmentid()=248281]December 31, 2015:If anyone did not understand - under the snow there is an anthill Formica pratensis (yes, "pancake" is still!), and this is the only remaining ...

21.02.2016 17:25 ИНО

From Pan's photo equipment came out the spitting image of a plantain.Well, what's wrong with this fly, a terrible sharp and only, and its librations ...

Insects of boxwood forests? (2) Dracus

Due to the fact that boxwood forests are rapidly being destroyed by fire, I became interested in who lives in them? Searches for literature and questions from some colleagues, by and large, did not yield anything. It seems inconceivable that no one ...

23.01.2016 10:50 AGG

boxwood warheads are quite moist, which provides fertile soil for various mollusks, and as a result, for predators such as various ground beetles. at ...

Need a specialist on Mallophaga (1) Andry Shaposhnikov

Specialists in this group, we need your advice. Personal correspondence.

23.12.2015 9:56 Andry Shaposhnikov

Specialists in this group, we need your advice. Personal correspondence.

Beetles of the subfamilies Trichiinae, Cetoniinae, and Valginae (Scarabaeidae) of Saratov region (32) Алексей Сажнев

Beetles of the subfamilies Trichiinae, Cetoniinae, and Valginae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Saratov regionA. S. SazhnevSaratov State Agrarian University named after N. I. Vavilov Saratov Branch of REOon the rights of the manuscriptModern studies of ...

22.12.2015 21:13 Ксения2015

Belarusian striped.Belarus, Belino village (Borisovsky district, Minsk region,)16.06.2012 Pictures:IMG_153733.JPG — (108.83к) IMG_153833.JPG — ...

Is this possible? Midges of the family Simuliidae (30) AnnaKet

In 2011, there was a message like this:"According to the Newspaper in Kiev, Kiev residents in the coming summer season complain of particularly painful insect bites in the parks of the capital and during outdoor recreation outside the city. The ...

19.11.2015 13:48 AnnaKet

See, (and yet, dear) Eno, most people do not really understand why you can stay up almost until dawn, i.e. do not understand your trouble. Just as ...

Insects from hamster burrows (33) Melittia

Dear colleagues! We really need information about residential colonies of the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) from the regions of the former USSR to study the insects that live in its burrows. You can use exact coordinates, or simple crocs. I ...

17.11.2015 17:19 Victor Titov

Blood-sucking butterflies (47) Juglans

I've heard that there are scoops in Southeast Asia whose males drink the blood of elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, and tapirs. They pierce the integument with a sharp proboscis. Females feed on the juice of plant fruits. Has anyone seen them?" Did you ...

05.11.2015 14:51 ИНО

And unless something prevents you from trolling harmless entomologists under your real name. The alternative version of the explanation will be less ...

Autumn Grasshopper (15) ИНО

As I wrote here in the next topic, yesterday we had the last day of the phenological summer. And although the weather was just wonderful: far beyond +20, sunny, windless, but when I heard a very active stridulation of some grasshoppers from the ...

29.10.2015 22:35 ИНО

On November 19, I was in that place again. That's it, the concert is over. But today I photographed a female of another species, well known for its ...

Oxygen and insect size (19) BO.

"the most plausible hypothesis concerns the role of oxygen in insect life. They breathe through the trachea, a system of tiny tubes that passively transport oxygen from the air to the body's cells. If the insects reach a large size, their oxygen ...

27.10.2015 0:54 ИНО

Well, okay, I persuaded, I predict: with a probability of 100%, the size of germanics of any caste and brood in the city of Nikolaev is not enough ...

Autumn predatory insects (50) Oleg Nikolsky

By autumn, predatory insects become clearly visible against the background of withered drooping grass and dried earth, some of them are activated mainly at this time. Most noticeable are mantises, dragonflies, wasps, and large grasshoppers. Each of ...

05.10.2015 19:27 Hierophis

Well, "rose of Carcharota", of course, in the subject. It may not be predatory, or even insect-like, but it's easy to bleed. How are the poppies ...

Carabus coriaceus in Leningrad region (6) IgrVerneev

Two years ago, I learned that this species is listed in the red Books of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. It is written that it is very rare in the region, and its distribution is extremely fragmentary, the population that lived on the ...

27.09.2015 12:54 Maksim M.

You can add on your own, based on experience-wintering individuals are almost always megazmer females, they spend the winter in dry mouse burrows, if ...

Onconotus servillei (14) prostotak

Recently, two representatives of this species were caught. But there is very little information about them. I would like to know if it is possible to keep at home, how long they live ? Anyway, who knows anything about them? ...

25.09.2015 19:57 Maksim M.

Put it on the loggia, for example,and then I do not know-you need to keep it as low as possible.....You sow wheat and put it in the heat,you can ...

How to get rid of caddisfly imagoes? (11) Димон Пешеход

Related question: in the evenings on the site it is impossible to be outdoors. Caddisfly (butterflies) simply overcomes, flies in huge flocks, climbs everywhere. Can you somehow scare them off or lime them? Near a pond, apparently flying from there ...

18.08.2015 18:24 ИНО

I will, but only with delivery.

Collecting crickets from burrows (33) DYNASTES

The habitat of the Field cricket Gryllus campestris was found in Davice. I would love to add them to the collection, but the reptiles sit in holes and hide in them at the slightest disturbance. You can't catch it in time. Especially in the midst of ...

09.08.2015 5:14 Hierophis

To a person who stubbornly refuses to read and understand my elementary simple phrases, I am powerless to answer.Brrr..Somehow it does not look like ...

Sociality of insects, and their brains (50) Hierophis

Short, it is also full, the content of previous episodes )) I do not believe. The behavior of vespins is an order of magnitude more complex than the behavior of eumenins (take at least a few types of rather complex intra-family communication, a much ...

07.08.2015 18:31 Hierophis

Ezox, ish what you want!! Suddenly the idea will be stolen )))

Why do xylocopts dig holes? (20) ИНО

On two occasions (23.08.2011 and 09.10.2013), Xylocopa sp.was observed in earthen burrows. (it was not possible to determine up to the species, or X. valga, or X. violacea). What is this, such an unusual nesting option or a winter burrow, like a ...

04.08.2015 19:08 ИНО

Oh, it's good that we have neither the laws of the Russian Federation nor the laws of Ukraine do not apply, but we don't have our own CC yet. So you ...

Distribution of Ozognathus cornutus (1) Anthicus

Colleagues, please help us with information on the current distribution of the imported Anobiidae species - Ozognathus cornutus - in Europe. Preferably with links to publications from the last 2-3 years.Thank you in advance, and photos of the bug ...

04.08.2015 13:48 Anthicus

Colleagues, please help us with information on the current distribution of the imported Anobiidae species - Ozognathus cornutus - in Europe. ...

Generations or cohort in common insects (15) Hierophis

Once a great scientist ) I was told that individuals born in a nest, for example, social wasps, bees, or other similar insects, which are characterized by the periodic appearance of several individuals from the same cell, are not correctly called ...

30.07.2015 20:22 ИНО

So why should I remember, you yourself pointed out the author in the next topic. Or had he forgotten that, too? I specifically checked the chronology ...

Advise on catching insects in the Tuapse region (1) Madara

Hello.In early August, I will be in the Tuapse region. Please tell me who can be caught there at this time. Mainly interested in beetles and butterflies. Maybe there are any places?I plan to bury the glasses, and also, if possible, put an ...

15.07.2015 15:29 Madara

Hello.In early August, I will be in the Tuapse region. Please tell me who can be caught there at this time. Mainly interested in beetles and ...

Aegosoma scabricornis (Scopoli, 1763) where to look (11) shastik

folks does anyone know anything about this mustache guy!!!! where to look for it, on what, and generally knowing the place where it is exactly, since I was brought it from there today!!! I really like it... I would like a couple more pieces for the ...

29.06.2015 19:49 evilforester

On Komsomolsk Lake, in the light of a lantern flew. 24-го

Mayfly mating season (1) Sheflera

Please tell me if there is a calendar, or at least an approximate date of the mating period of mayflies (mayflies) ? I want to collect them for the winter, freeze them and dry them for future use for my insectivorous birds.

28.06.2015 2:02 Sheflera

Please tell me if there is a calendar, or at least an approximate date of the mating period of mayflies (mayflies) ? I want to collect them for the ...

Caddis fly metamorphosis (2) Скорпион

Recently, we managed to capture caddisfly metamorphosis. Well, if someone can tell me more. Pictures:IMG_0465.jpg — (2.04 mb) IMG_0467.jpg — (2.02мб) IMG_0468.jpg — (2.01 mb) IMG_0475.jpg — (1.92 mb) IMG_0489.jpg — (1.94 mb) IMG_0497.jpg ...

23.06.2015 18:46 Dracus

Gorgeous! A rare sight, and the photos are good!

Colias palaeno in the Tugolesky forest (28) STIGMA

I apologize for creating a separate topic. But the weekend falls out and so I want to find Colias palaeno near Moscow in Tugolesye. Maybe someone caught there? I'm sure they did, of course. Interested in the timing of the summer well, can someone ...

23.06.2015 1:31 А.Й.Элез

I went to the Batkovskoe swamp on June 20, Colias palaeno was caught in a single specimen, a male and quite fresh. And I caught it on the road, ...

Places and times of dragonfly fly (7) Василий Л.

Can you tell me when and where you can meet different types of different-winged and equal-winged dragonflies in the middle zone of Ukraine? The field season is already starting, so I would really like to get some answers. Thank you all.

08.06.2015 21:03 Kharkovbut

What kind of view is it?Shot in Pushkin's Catherine Park.Cordulia aenea, male

Mechanisms of Gersilid mimicry (1) Aramisderble

A question for the specialists. I searched the web, but didn't find the right information.Spiders of the family Hersiliidae, specifically the genus Hersilia (species H. caudata) - can they change color depending on the environment? Are there any ...

01.06.2015 11:21 Aramisderble

A question for the specialists. I searched the web, but didn't find the right information.Spiders of the family Hersiliidae, specifically the genus ...

Rhino Beetle (39) KpaBa

Hello there!I've been looking for a rhino beetle for almost two years now,but I haven't had any success.Maybe someone has a recipe for bait for catching it?I will be grateful.P. S.Well, I will be glad to hear any hints or tips.))

28.05.2015 18:39 Сокол

In Pushkin in the garden of an agricultural woman found.This post was edited by Sokol - 28.05.2015 18: 40 Pictures:e4e1lvIyvNU.jpg — (29.14к)

Anyone interested in solitary bees? (1) apismen

Good afternoon!I'm interested in single bees. I want to create an apidological micro-journal at my dacha.http://www.osmia.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...ff5840556bac06fCan anyone help with cocoons?

22.05.2015 22:22 apismen

Good afternoon!I'm interested in single bees. I want to create an apidological micro-journal at my ...

Corn Moth (3) assa-v

I am looking for practitioners who are familiar with the corn moth and its biology. Interested in determining mass summer (traps, temperature, etc.)Sincerely, AlexanderThis post was edited by assa-v-04.03.2014 13: 31

23.04.2015 22:22 AGG

I am looking for practitioners who are familiar with the corn moth and its biology. Interested in determining mass summer (traps, temperature, ...

Interesting flies (184) Transilvania

Friends, please help me determine if not to the species, then at least to the genus (but better to the species).Photo here - http://www.vokrugsveta.ru/photo/image/6488/Made in Spain.I've seen motleywings with scary "spiders" on their wings, but with ...

22.04.2015 15:48 corafec

The fly belonged to the mottledwing family, its specific name is Aciura coryli. In most species of this family, the wings are covered with clearly ...

Iolana iolas (Lycaenidae) in Ukraine (7) DYNASTES

Iolana iolas Ochsenheimer, 1816. Colleagues, what anyone knows about the mentions of this species on the territory of Ukraine.This type is never listed in the "domestic" regional lists for Ukraine. I found only one historical reference of the ...

22.12.2014 18:12 DYNASTES

Telitsa is a village in the Novoaneni district of Moldova. It is the administrative center of Telitsa Commune

Insects are the living mechanisms? (2) Каминский

Does the whole life of insects consist only of instincts and acquired reflexes? Can insects be called living mechanisms?

15.11.2014 1:12 Chromocenter

if insects are allowed, then so are you and me. because our whole life consists of " instincts and acquired reflexes." or did you mean innate?" ...

Why do ants jump? (8) Kozorog

Good afternoon!Reaper ants live at home. Watching them, I noticed a strange feature. When ants hold pupae or larvae, they keep jumping up and down. Why, why???link to the video, exactly this moment. The video is 7 seconds long

30.10.2014 18:29 Maksim M.

Right here.I get a little bit of text-plus 3-4 photos, no problem...

How to collect caterpillars in Asia (4) AlisaInAsia

I often accidentally find caterpillars in a living or dead state on the road, near mangoes or other plants. I plan to live here for another year.I came across a Common baron right near the house ( dead). Now I grow and feed mango leaves to an ...

18.10.2014 21:08 zygaena

if there are settlements of tailors, there are definitely Arhopala - you can only bring it out by cutting the nest -you will have to feed everything

Keeping dung beetles in captivity (1) Серега1966

Good day to all!I bought it on the occasion of humus and found excellent larvae in it (see the picture). Since childhood, I dreamed of growing a butterfly out of caterpillars, kept them in jars, fed them, watered them, collected pupae - but nothing ...

13.10.2014 21:48 Серега1966

Good day to all!I bought it on the occasion of humus and found excellent larvae in it (see the picture). Since childhood, I dreamed of growing a ...

Color vars of Formica sanguinea (1) Ksedorium

I noticed a significant difference in the color of Formica sanguinea workers in two different populations. In one of them, the workers were bright red, the head and chest were completely red; in the second, the forehead, back of the head, and ...

03.09.2014 15:11 Ksedorium

I noticed a significant difference in the color of Formica sanguinea workers in two different populations. In one of them, the workers were bright ...

Aspen hawkmoth (Laothoe amurensis) at the end of August! (6) Sergey Rybalkin

First the dawn in August, and then on August 23 aspen hawk moth, and even so fresh! Complete anomalies! Pictures:DSC00817.JPG — (2.22мб)

26.08.2014 9:42 Sergey Rybalkin

this explains everything. in the cold summer, the butterflies did not come out in their usual terms, now they warmed up and flew out.I ...

Anthocharis cardamines in August! (4) Sergey Rybalkin

Today, August 10, I saw an almost fresh male zorka! The meeting point is around the city of Snezhinsk in the Chelyabinsk region. Is this the second generation, or the sooooo long first?Normally, they fly with us from about May 20 to June 20. There ...

13.08.2014 20:48 Sergey Rybalkin

And how do you like the freshest female A. cardamines AT an ALTITUDE of 3800 on the Koi-Jol pass in the Altai together with simonius? I've never ...

Finds of Lucanidae, etc. (35) DIMac

As an active collector of large coleoptera and to some extent an expert in this infinitely interesting field, I would like to share here a number of observations concerning the search for saproxilobiont species, in particular representatives of the ...

13.08.2014 1:09 Victor Titov

Colleagues,For the project report, you need a published reference to the Lucanus cervus find in the boreal part of European Russia. I've seen "Pskov ...

Woodworm caterpillar (4) Sergey Rybalkin

I found a caterpillar of some kossus yesterday. Can Kossus kossus, or Treetreeper Acossus terebra? The question is, where did it go? It seems too early to pupate, I remember once at the end of August in the early 90s I caught a huge caterpillar ...

06.08.2014 4:45 Konung

Why was she spending the winter in the middle of summer?reached the maximum size, that's what I wanted )

Collection assistance: Coccinella fulgida (1) todd.ugine

Hello, My name is Todd Ugine, I'm an entomologist at Cornell University in the USA and am trying to collect all of the North American species in the ladybird genus Coccinella. One species in particular, Coccinella fulgida, is very difficult for me ...

06.08.2014 2:36 todd.ugine

Hello, My name is Todd Ugine, I'm an entomologist at Cornell University in the USA and am trying to collect all of the North American species in the ...

Trichoferus campestris publications of areas (13) Dmitry Vlasov

Colleagues, please tell us if the findings of Trichoferus campestris have been published in the Moscow Region. If yes, then throw a link to the work, pliiiz

04.08.2014 8:22 Dmitry Vlasov

In Yaroslavl region... Addition to the already published information: Tatar maple-brought out beetles without wintering at ALL. In the autumn of ...

Gastropacha quercifolia (2) Sergey Rybalkin

Two females laid a couple of hundred eggs, now I feed the caterpillars of the first age. In the literature, it is written that the caterpillar overwinters. I don't want to get involved with the caterpillar wintering grounds.Question: can the ...

08.07.2014 21:37 AntSkr

Most likely, the caterpillars will calmly reach pupation without wintering, and in 2-3 weeks there will be butterflies. However, it is smaller than ...

Help with catching insects in the Caucasus (12) Inquisto

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 ...

08.07.2014 18:45 Black Coleopter

I once had a plastic bottle of povdol burst, with special effects... Definitely the yeast was superfluous.When manufacturing, it was necessary to ...

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