The leaf-eater is red It is a beetle belonging to the family of leaf-eaters, which has up to 35,000 species. Inhabits wet meadows, wetlands and wooded areas. Body length 6.2-8.1 mm. At dusk and at night they feed on the leaves of plants of different families, such as aster (yarrow), plantain, buttercup, yasnotkovy (yasnotka, mint). In daylight they hide under rocks.
Red forest ant I came across their anthill quite by accident, the day I went into the woods for mushrooms. I didn't even plan to take any photos that day, but when I saw this anthill, I realized that you could take good pictures. It was interesting that I saw a working ant and a soldier live nearby, thanks to which I was able to compare their appearance and understand how much bigger a soldier is than a working ant. The soldiers were very aggressive towards me, trying to reach me, and some even got on their hind legs to spray me with a jet of formic acid. In general, this was a very interesting and informative meeting.
They belong to the subfamily of formicins, which has about 3,000 species. This subfamily includes the most evolutionarily advanced species.
The anthill is made of needles and twigs, anthills can reach 2 m in height. On average, 500-800 thousand people live in the anthill. individuals, and in large more than a million.
Length of an ant from 7 to 14 mm.
Half of the abdomen is occupied by a poisonous gland surrounded by a muscular sac, when the muscles contract, the poison (formic acid) is ejected at a distance of several tens of cm!
A large Marsh mare belongs to the family of real crickets, which has more than 10,000 species. Males 1.6-2.2 cm, females 2.4-3 cm. Inhabits thickets of high sedges and cereals along the banks of reservoirs and on bumps in wetlands. Flies reluctantly, moves more on foot. If it is frightened, it can fly more than 20 m. It feeds on the leaves of sedge and cereal plants, as well as their dead parts. Eggs are laid on plants, their dead parts or shallow in the soil. The masonry is resistant to flooding. Larvae appear in late May, adults are found from mid-July.
