Owls - night owls

Scoop spur

The scaly-winged moth is a member of the bat family. Distribution area in Europe, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Asia Minor and northern Africa. Gives one generation per year. Flight of the spurred cutworm is observed in May-June.

Egg laying and feeding of caterpillars occur on the flowers and fruits of the spur. The spur scoop hibernates in the pupal stage. The length of the front wing is fifteen millimeters.

The forewings are of mixed shades - light and dark purple with pink and covered with wavy and oblique dark lines. The hindwings are gray-white with a dark gray outer edge. The body of the larkspur moth is densely lowered, the antennae are filiform.

 

hoodie

The brown-gray scaly-winged butterfly belongs to the bat family. Distribution area in southern and central Europe. Inhabits hedgerows and shrubs.

The fodder plant of caterpillars of the caterpillar is a variety of herbaceous plants, later they move to shrubs. Hooded butterflies fly in September and October, lured by the light of a mercury lamp. The size of the hood is eighteen millimeters. Wingspan thirty-five millimeters.

The color of the front wings varies from grayish to straw and brick red. Dark spots may be absent, but black dots on the leading edge of the wing make it possible to accurately determine the appearance of this common butterfly. There is a short slash at the top of the wing of the hood. Butterflies often congregate on ivy flowers.

 

Blue sash

The scaly-winged butterfly sash blue belongs to the bat family. Distribution area in the forest zone of Eurasia. The species is sedentary, producing one generation per year. The flight of the blue sash is observed from the end of July to September.

Egg laying and feeding of caterpillars occur mainly on poplars, aspen, ash, elm, birch and willows. The blue sash overwinters in the egg stage. The caterpillar pupates between the leaves in a light cocoon.

The length of the front wing is forty-five millimeters. The forewings are bluish-gray with many wavy transverse lines and stripes forming a complex pattern. The hindwings are black with a wide blue band and white fringe. Antennae filiform, body densely drooping.

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