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Post by wollastoni on Apr 9, 2017 15:48:43 GMT
Above Varano de Melegari village, there is a nice hill with arid soil and it is a nice collecting spot indicated to me last year by Christian Castelain.
In May, you can find Polyommatus hispanus there.
On the way back to Milan from Modena Insect Fair, I made a stop there to see if I find some spring species like Zerynthia polyxena.
I didn't find any Zerynthia but saw many nice insects.
First, a common but always splendid encounter with Libelloides coccajus 
A closer shot :
another shot where it hides its wings :
aglaja ?
A nice wild orchid : 
a Melitaea :
A Pyrgus ? 
Fresh Iphiclides podalirius where flying in the trees 
A female Colias crocea laying eggs : 
the egg : 
the hostplant if anyone could identify it : 
It was a very short trip (one hour) but it was good to be among butterflies !
I also saw some : - Lassiomata megera - Leptidea sinapis - Pieris napi and some unidentified Lycaenidae
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Post by nomad on Apr 9, 2017 19:20:59 GMT
The Frit in images 4 & 5 looks like Boloria euphrosyne.
The orchid is Anacamptis morio
The Fritillary in 7 -9 is Melitaea cinxia
The Skipper is Erynnis tages Nice lot of Species.  |
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Post by jmg on Apr 11, 2017 16:52:16 GMT
Not far from Parma, the Passo del Cirone (just on the border with Toscania, on the road from Parma to Pontremoli), is a fine place to collect !  |
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Post by jmg on Apr 11, 2017 16:53:07 GMT
Butterfly from the Pass (Passo del Cirone) :  |
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 12, 2017 13:29:33 GMT
Thank you Jean Marc, it looks like a nice place indeed. I will try it in May or June.
Is it easy to find ?
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Post by trehopr1 on Apr 12, 2017 20:48:25 GMT
Wow, lookout for Nomad. He picked off those species identifications like he was shooting clay pigeons at a skeet shoot ! Kudo's to your sharp eye and knowledge. I did'nt know owlflies (as we Americans call them) were diurnal. All the ones I've ever seen or collected were nocturnal.
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Post by jmg on Apr 13, 2017 0:36:32 GMT
I will try it in May or June. Is it easy to find ? See the map :  |
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Post by nomad on Apr 13, 2017 19:08:15 GMT
Wow, lookout for Nomad. He picked off those species identifications like he was shooting clay pigeons at a skeet shoot ! Kudo's to your sharp eye and knowledge. I did'nt know owlflies (as we Americans call them) were diurnal. All the ones I've ever seen or collected were nocturnal. Thanks. They are just Spring and early Summer species that I have seen here. They are not yet on the wing in the UK unlike sunny Italy . |
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