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First butterfly at monitoring camp Bukovcevo in April 2013

This winter, 2012-2013, only two overwintered Peakock registered. io Bukovcevo-87 cowshed 2012_11_17-1 http://s005.radikal.ru/i209/1303/1a/001bef9159c7.jpg First March moth butterfly flight at 3 March 2013 registered. Butterfly and moth recording season in the West Ukraine started. Archiearis parthe...

BMS in the West Ukraine Transects results since 2011 just published. Some results on butterflies next to Bukovcevo monitoring camp given. Direct link to free table here below at this message. You can use it for free, no registration required. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Apsext-QBI2G...

September is last month for butterfly monitoring. I met with some of species. Here are three pictures from Bukovcevo-1...6 transects on Butterfly monitoring scheme in the West Ukraine, year 2012. Polygonia c-album c-album Bukovcevo-6 S1 2012_09_26-07 sm http://s019.radikal.ru/i623/1303/6b/b0190b7f5a...

The best shots of butterflies in August 2012. Butterfly monitoring scheme in the West Ukraine. Bukovcevo-1-6 transects Iphiclides podalirius podalirius Bukovcevo-3 S6 2012_08_01-01 sm http://s005.radikal.ru/i211/1303/4d/340260e948d7.jpg Pararge aegeria aegeria Bukovcevo-2 S6 2012_08_01-05 sm http://...

Butterflies seen on Bukovcevo-1...6 transects in July 2012 Papilio machaon machaon Bukovcevo-3 S6 2012_07_13-07 sm.jpg http://i081.radikal.ru/1303/51/7752d5254a86.jpg Argyronome laodice laodice Bukovcevo-3 S9 2012_07_13-06 sm http://s08.radikal.ru/i181/1303/a2/48d7928b12a0.jpg Erebia ligea ligea Buk...

Heere are some next pictures from my Crimean trip, September 2012 sun rise meditation Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_08-02 sm http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66226 http://www.velodom.com.ua/i/500/500/66226.jpg sun rise Zaozernoe Evpatorya Krymea 2012_09_08-07 sm http://www.velodom.com.ua/big/66227...

I just visited Crimea peninsula again after 70s last century. First of all Pandoriana pandora everywhere on flower beds registered, amazing thing there is such a big fritillary... http://i.piccy.info/i7/258773bff61a3e0ab3654562297e1847/4-47-112/24221844/pandora_Zaozernoe_Evpatorya_Krymea_2012_09_06_...

Another Hairstreak's success was while I walk at 23 June. I met White-letter Hairstreak, Strymon w-album Knoch, male feeding on Umbelliferae sp., probably Angelica sylvestris w-album Bukovcevo-1 S3 2012_06_23-10 sm http://piccy.info/code2/3188234/373de38362be6ce024a57df46257dad1/ http://i.piccy.info...

June 2012. The largest success this month in the Bukovcevo BMS was Geranium Argus, Aricia eumedon Esp. First in 2011 I found Geranium palustre grassland. And recently, this week some of butterflies emerged on Geranium flowers http://piccy.info/code2/3180400/88bc5f2b0db8b5fc59c82b9a97bc1062/ - Male h...

Butterflies in May

Nice couple of Map Butterfly, Araschnia levana L. I met on one transect next to Bukovcevo

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Gonepteryx rhamni is always a welcome indication of spring of here in UK but, alas, we very rarely see Nymphalis antiopa. Mike For the complete scheme walks, last year 29 adults Nymphalis antiopa was recorded. For Gonepteryx rhamni 640 adults was recorded. Rank list for 2011 reference here http://w...

There are SD videos for every transect in Bukovcevo, walk at 6th April 2012 video Bukovcevo-1 S1-2 2012_04_06.AVI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B13o0w1tUqA video Bukovcevo-2 S1-2 2012_04_06.AVI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXWpf75U93Q video Bukovcevo-3 S1-2 2012_04_06.AVI http://www.youtube.com/w...

Haha, our church is similar :D Regarding that Large Blue (Maculinea arion) mentioned in your mapping, do you have a dying colony in there or is the pasture so intense? Yes. your wooden churches (kostelik iz dreva) is similar, because it is one culture of one "MAGNA RUTHENIA", Rusiny or Sl...

April 6th, 2012 is the first walk in the West Ukraine BMS. Remember the temperature was +18°C, sunny, a little bit cloudy, south west wind, 2d by Buffort scale. Six transects in Bukovcevo done. From PrimaVera flowers most impressed Daphne mezereum was _Daphne mezereum Bukovcevo-2 S4 2012_04_06-1 sm ...

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I can not believe! Today one year cycle finished. Here is still some snow around, but some open patches of an old grassland appears on southern slopes. The same date as year ago Archiearis parthenias on wet ground next to my building appears 16 March 2012. http://i.piccy.info/i7/d8d38328f29a9564e458...

Here is a rank list with number of calculated butterfly adults for six Bukovcevo transects in 2011. Database DBF file programming in FoxPro environment used. Genus Species Summ Aphantopus hyperantus 1236 Pieris napi 923 Maniola jurtina 846 Gonepteryx rhamni 640 Mellicta athalia 495 Fabriciana adippe...

What the conference event in 2011 as the best time to met with colleagues was? Butterfly report for Third Meeting of Butterfly Conservation Europe Partners in Laufen from 2-4 November 2011 Laufen/Salzach (ANL) http://piccy.info/code2/2466129/e3a89a3e061d2f7ccfd868f1e2d02ba9/ http://i.piccy.info/i7/2...