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BMS in the West Ukraine.
Grassland indicators butterfly recording starts in these days.

Female of Orange-tip (Anthocaris cardamines L.) feeding on flower of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata).



Butterfly & plant Spring habitat



Female of Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages L.) feeding on flower of Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale aggr.)

Spring butterflies from Alexanor CFSI

First monitoring month in season 2017 finished

Butterfly monitoring camp in Bukovcevo, West Ukraine



Village streets



Wild Pansy (Viola tricolor)



Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)



Clossiana dia feeding on flower of Heath Dog Violet (Viola canina) - pict. 1



Clossiana dia feeding on flower of Heath Dog Violet (Viola canina) - pict. 2



Papilio machaon resting on grass



Anthocaris cardamines feeding on flower of Kernera (Kernera saxatilis)



Leptidea sinapis feeding on flower of Heath Dog Violet (Viola canina)



Transect section on deep stream ravine



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Lovely Swallowtail, Serhiy.

Jon

A moth Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias) first flight and also it indicates that Spring time started at Bukovcevo-5 transect S1 2018_03_14 as well ♥



Here is some info about first flight of the moth species in the Bukovcevo Butterfly Monitoring camp since 2011

16-03-2011
19-03-2012
06-03-2013
28-02-2014
24-03-2015
22-02-2016
04-03-2017
14-03-2018

Has your spring been delayed like ours has by 'The Beast From The East'? Hope you're having a better time of it than we are..

Have a goodun

Wurzel

Wurzel wrote:Has your spring been delayed like ours has by 'The Beast From The East'? Hope you're having a better time of it than we are..

Have a goodun

Wurzel

Yes, a little bit. Right now we have snow storm with winds 5 by http://www.mackiteboarding.com/judging- ... -scale.htm and temeperatures -6°C. It shall continues for three days. So, the Nature continues to play winter game with us )))

An image below is an evidence of fighting Nature Elements. As a result of the Snow Storm with once wind 8 shut by the Beaufort wind scale is Fallen Apple Tree in a garden on area of Butterfly Monitoring Camp Bukovcevo at this night 17-18 March 2018.

Not just eastern Europe that's still in the grip of winter. For once, heavy snow has brought many parts of Wales to a halt with the equinox just round the corner:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43448379

David M wrote:Not just eastern Europe that's still in the grip of winter. For once, heavy snow has brought many parts of Wales to a halt with the equinox just round the corner:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43448379

"very glacial " !!!

Butterfly monitoring camp Bukovcevo
Transects Kulnica, Pryslop Wood and Luta at 13 March 2018.
Second monitoring week.
Walk through butterfly habitats to Azure Laguna.

River Bystritsia basin
Dentaria glandulosa Waldst. & Kit.





Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)



Mount Lutiuanska Golica is still under snow



A Butterfly Census paper and a transect map



Heath Dog Violet (Viola canina) occupies open grassland fields



Butterfly recorder next to river bed



White butterbur (Petasites albus) in Luta riverbed



Some conifer trees on rocks



Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) on open fields, common also on roadsides as well



The transect walks finished. Beautiful view of sunset in mountains.

Pictures

celtis Voevodyno Turia Pasika 2018_06_09



celtis habitat Turia Pasika 2018_06_09



celtis habitat some videos here are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAmBgVLbLIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uo7GfmOnA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jht0Y0D4vSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoGy048Ce5A

Butterfly Monitoring Scheme in the West Ukraine

New butterflies in the Scheme

Transcarpathia
Perechyn district
River Turia Basin
Turia Pasika village
Resort Voevodyno
48.660353°
22.643379°
337 m

Носатка Nettle-Tree Butterfly resting on cocrete
Habitat type is urban parks and large gardens

Family Libytheidae Boisduval 1840
Genus Libythea F. 1807
L. celtis Laicharting in Fuessli 1782
Distribution point in Ukraine is Krymea peninsula.

Tags
C-Europe, South-West Ukraine, Monitoring, Populations, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13301797
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/321526

Libythea celtis (Nettle-tree Butterfly)
Schnauzenfalter
European Beak
video Voevodyno resort at cd_135 & yourtube links

Butterfly Monitoring Scheme in the West Ukraine
One of the oldest transect in the scheme
Orihovica since 1974
These days is 45 years aniversary of the butterfly recording
2019_April_05 Papilio machaon L. (SC) Swallowtail (UK) Schwalbenschwanz (D) koninginnepage (NL) Fecskefarkulepke (H) Parusnik Mahaon (RUS) Parusnik Mahaon (UA)
Male is resting on dry scrub
Transect route map and view photo shots from S1 to S2 in 1999-2019 (20 years period)

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Butterfly Monitoring Scheme in the West Ukraine
Butterfly monitoring Camp Bukovcevo
First flight counts
Anthocaris cardamines L.(SC) Orange-tip (UK) Aurorafalter (D) oranjetipje (NL) Hajnalpir- vagy Aurora-lepke (H) Zoryka (RUS) Zoryanka (UA)
May, 1 2011
May, 5 2012
April, 23 2013
April, 8 2014
April, 22 2015
April, 03 2016
April, 25 2017
April, 13 2018
April, 3 2019

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Interesting to see the variation in dates in eastern Europe, Serhiy. I note that this year (although very early in the UK) is actually 10 days behind 2016 in Ukraine.

Butterflies and moths
Butterfly Monitoring Camp Bukovcevo
First butterfly seen on transect
Nymphalis polychloros L.(SC)
Large Tortoiseshell (UK) Großer Fuchs (D) grote vos (NL) Nagy rókalepke (H) Mnogotcvetnitca (RUS) Bagatokolyorovka (UA)

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Butterflies and moths
Butterfly Monitoring Camp Bukovcevo
Long - Term Spring moth counts
A moth Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias) first flight and also it indicates that Spring time started at Bukovcevo
Statistics of the first flight
16-03-2011
19-03-2012
06-03-2013
28-02-2014
24-03-2015
22-02-2016
04-03-2017
14-03-2018
10-03-2019
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David M wrote:Interesting to see the variation in dates in eastern Europe, Serhiy. I note that this year (although very early in the UK) is actually 10 days behind 2016 in Ukraine.

Thank you David

Butterflies and moths
Butterfly Monitoring Camp Bukovcevo
Long - Term Spring moth counts
A moth Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias) first flight and also it indicates that Spring time started at Bukovcevo as well.
Statistics of the first flight since 2011
16-03-2011
19-03-2012
06-03-2013
28-02-2014
24-03-2015
22-02-2016
04-03-2017
14-03-2018
10-03-2019
09-03-2020



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I get the distinct impression, Serhiy, that in Ukraine you consider the appearance of this moth to herald spring?

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David M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:02 pm I get the distinct impression, Serhiy, that in Ukraine you consider the appearance of this moth to herald spring?

Yes, it is not my idea but I realized it on local level. I selected some local bioindicators to determine more or les for start point of year seasons. If we put together long series of monitoring data from own databases then the picture of the each season shall completed. You see it is naturally floating. For me the Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias) is the most convenient local moth bioindicator. From the Rhopalocera a Orange-tip (Anthocaris cardamines) selected. For summer time is Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi), I think.