Catalogue of Expeditions
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.
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.
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.
| 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) |
| 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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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
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.
| 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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