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Since 1990 we used to spend a couple of weeks or more collecting insects in the forests of the North-west of Russia (mostly). We live in tents, sleep in sleeping bags, and cook simple food on the open fire.

On this page you can find a short description a catalogue of the field trips, including information on the routes, crew, and results of the past expeditions.


Contents:



Sebezh - 1999

Time and place:

The total duration of the trip: from July 18 through August 29 1999. The crew has been subdivided into two teams. The first team worked from 18 through 31 July in the neighbourghood of the lake Osyno, the second, from July 31 through August 29 near the Krasikovo village.

Label data:

First team: Pskov region, 16 km SO Sebezh, lake Osyno, 19-30.vii.1999.

Second team: Pskov region, 23 km SO Sebezh, near Krasikovo vill., 31.vii.-29.viii.1999.

Crew:

First team:

Team leaders: Alexei Kouprianov, Marina Vilner.

Eugenii Klimin, Ekaterina Kostiukhina, Alexei Kulagin, Pavel Marchenko, Anastasia Novikova, Anfisa Solovieva, Ilia Oudalov, Georgii Fedorov.

Second team:

Daniil Kostrov, Alexei Reschikov, Peter Saveliev.

Team photos.

Projects

During the trip we collected materials on the local insect fauna. The first results are presented in a series of papers. A paper on Orthoptera by Peter Saveliev, and a special issue of a local periodical "Priroda Pskovskogo Kraia [Nature of Pskov Lands]" (1999, No 6) entirely devoted to insects. The list of individual projects is given below.
 
1999, 1st Team Individual Research Projects
Name
Status
Project
Marina Vilner Program officer, Baltic Fund for Nature of the St. Petersburg Naturalists' Society Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Eugenii Klimin Student, secondary school True bugs (Rhynchota)
Katerina Kostiukhina Student, 9 grade, secondary school No 525 Bumblebees and Ants (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus & Psithyrus, Formicidae)
Alexei Kulagin Student, 5 grade, secondary school No 658 Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
Alexei Kouprianov Program Associate, European University at St. Petersburg Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Anastasia Novikova Student, 8th grade, secondary school No 214 Pyralid and feather moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae s.l., Pterophoridae)
Pavel Marchenko Student, ***th grade, secondary school No 266 Dragonflies and damseflies (Odonata)
Anfisa Solovieva Student, 7th grade, secondary school No 38 Curculionoid beetles (Coleoptera: Attelabiidae, Curculionidae, Apionidae)
Ilia Oudalov Student, 8th grade, secondary school No 280 Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Georgii Fedorov Student, 9th grade, secondary school No 10 Click beetles and Wasps (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Hymenoptera-aculeata)

 
1999, 2nd team Individual Research Projects
Name
Status
Projects
Daniel Kostrov Student, 1st year, St. Petersburg State University Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Alexei Reschikov Student, 1st year, St. Petersburg State University Ichneumonids and wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera-aculeata)
Peter Saveliev Student, 2nd year, St. Petersburg State University Grasshoppers (Orthoptera), psocids (Psocoptera)

Support:

This expedition was supported by the participants' fees and by a special endowement from Baltic Fund for Nature of the St. Petersburg Naturalists' Society. We are much indebted to the local administration, especially to Sergei A. Fetisov (the vice director of the National Park) and Igor G. Milevskii.

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Sebezh - 2000

Time and place:

The total duration of the trip: from July 17 through August 1 2000. The team worked from 18 through 31 July in the neighbourghood of the lake Osyno, with a short tour (by three participants) to the Krasikovo village.

Label data:

Pskov region, 16 km SO Sebezh, lake Osyno, 18-31.vii.1999.

Crew:

Team leaders: Alexei Kouprianov, Peter Saveliev

Oleg Valerskii, Eugenii Klimin, Daniel Kostrov, Ekaterina Kostiukhina (joined the crew on July 24), Alexei Koulagin, Anastasia Novikova, Ivan Pchelin, Anfisa Solovieva, Alexei Reschikov (left on July 28), Ilia Oudalov (joined the crew on July 24), Georgii Fedorov, Dmitrii Scherbakov

Team photos.

Projects:

The projects of this year were aimed to enlarge our knowledge of the local fauna and to collect additional material for the planned fieldguides to the insects of the North West of Russia. The list of individual research projects is given below.
 
2000 Individual Research Projects
Name
Status
Project
Oleg Valerskii Student, 10th grade, Secondary school No 516 Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Eugenii Klimin Student, 1st year, Musical highschool   True bugs (Rhynchota)
Daniel Kostrov Student, 2nd year, St. Petersburg State University Flies (Diptera-Brachycera) and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Ekaterina Kostiukhina Student, 10th grade, Secondary school No 525 Bumble-bees and ants (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus & Psithyrus, Formicidae)
Alexei Koulagin Student, 6th grade, Secondary school No 658 Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
Alexei Kouprianov Program associate, European University at St. Petersburg Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Anastasia Novikova Student, 9th grade, Secondary school No 214 Pyralid and feather moths(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae s.l., Pterophoridae)
Ivan Pchelin Student, 8th grade, Secondary school No 458 Spiders (Arachnida)
Peter Saveliev Student, 3rd year, St. Petersburg State University Grashoppers (Orthoptera), Psocids (Psocoptera), Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Anfisa Solovieva Student, 8th grade, Secondary school No 38 Curculionoid beetles(Coleoptera: Attelabiidae, Curculionidae, Apionidae)
Alexei Reschikov Student, 2nd year, St. Petersburg State University Ichneumonids and wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera-aculeata)
Ilia Oudalov Student, 9th grade, secondary school No 280 Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Georgii Fedorov Student, 10th grade, secondary school No 10 Click beetles and wasps (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Hymenoptera-aculeata)
Dmitrii Scherbakov Student, 7th grade, secondary school No 106 Lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Support:

This expedition was supported by the participants' fees and by a special endowement from Baltic Fund for Nature of the St. Petersburg Naturalists' Society. We are much indebted to the local administration, especially to Sergei A. Fetisov (the vice director of the National Park) and Igor G. Milevskii.

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