It's been wonderfully sunny the last few days. It is getting warmer after the cool nights. It smells of spring... Today at noon I was walking with my coat in my hand, but in shady places you could still

The photo was taken on the island of Bolshiye Shvakshty. (I remember we couldn't remember the name for a long time and that's why we were constantly muttering it). It belongs to the national park

DuckTales... Does such a name need a story? Here she is... After the restoration of the Central Park of Voronezh (aka Dynamo Steam), an ice-free lake appeared in it. And ducks appeared in the lake (I admit

Hoplia-crumb, or small flowerhopper (Hoplia parvula) It belongs to the family Scarabeaidae (it also includes the well-known May beetles), which has about 30 thousand. species. Body length 7-9.5 mm. The

Forest bumblebee (bombus sylvarum). it belongs to the family of real bees, or apidae, which has more than 5,000 species. the body length of the queen (female or uterus) is 1.6-1.8 cm, the working individual

Bronze smooth (Protaetia speciosissima). It belongs to the family Scarabaeidae, which has about 30 thousand. species. Body length up to 3 cm. It differs from the usual golden bronze for all of us by the

Pictured is a Fly of the genus Scathophaga. It belongs to the family of manure flies (Scathophagidae), which has 232 species. Body length 5-13 mm. The female lays up to 60 large eggs, immersing each in

Stone bumblebee (Bombus lapidaries). It belongs to the bee family (Apidae), which has more than 5,000 species. Body length of females 2-2.3 cm, workers 1.2-1.6 cm, males 1.4-1.6 cm. Found on forest edges,

Spiders also want hugs. In the photo xysticus wrinkled (Spiracme striatipes). It belongs to the family of spiders (Thomisidae), which has more than 2,000 species. Spiders of this family move sideways,

Twenty-two-spotted ladybug It is a beetle from the family of ladybugs (Coccinellidae), which has about 8,000 species. Body length 3-4.5 mm. Unlike ordinary ladybugs, they feed on fungi (mold and powdery

Mosquito from the family of bell mosquitoes (Chironomidae), which has 7046 species. Body length 9-12 mm. They should not be confused with ordinary mosquitoes, in contrast to which they are not parasites

Chrysostom (Chrisoperla carnea) It belongs to the goldeneye family, which has about 2,000 species. Body length up to 1 cm, wingspan 1.5-3 cm. Body color is pale green in summer, in autumn it changes to

Birch pipe wrench the most beautiful of the weevils I have ever met, although it cannot be formally called a weevil because it belongs to a different family, but still looks very much like a weevil, so

Buckwheat leaf eater Beetle from the family of leaf-eaters, which has up to 35 thousand. species. Length 4-5 mm. Females differ from males, they are larger, with a swollen abdomen of bright orange color,

Field cricket This is truly one of the main findings of this season. You won't believe it, but I saw a cricket for the first time in my life. I didn't even immediately understand who it was, because before

Bloodsucking deer There are also such names: elk lice, elk fly, elk mite. I encountered this blood-sucking insect for the first time this year. Outwardly, it is very similar to a spider with wings, I was

Gray long-bearded mustache one of the most long-awaited meetings) I wanted to meet some mustache for a long time. And I managed to meet a mustache with a very long mustache. It is a beetle that belongs

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

Butterfly Admiral It belongs to the family Nymphalides, which has 6,100 species. Wingspan 5-6.5 cm. The name Admiral arose because of the similarity of the color of the wings of a butterfly and stripes