August 2016

Video recorded by lianaliesma, LK forum
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(Original posted by Looduskalender 24.08.15)

Such a peaceful summer evening and there is nothing to be added …

Photo Urmas Tartes
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Caterpillars of buff tip on tree leaf

Buff tip moth      Kuututlane    Phalera bucephala

As imago, or moth, the buff tip is a master of camouflage and in the rest position looks like a broken birch twig. Flying, we could meet them from May until July (see lower photo).

However, the beautiful caterpillars of the buff tip turned up; their youth they spend together in groups, the fully developed caterpillars move around singly.

The caterpillars of the moth that feed on several species can be found wherever there are deciduous trees suitable for food, also on limes and damage them quite substantially.

Videos recorded by  Urmas Lett

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Badger    Mäger     Meles meles

Our large islands were left without heavy rain today. The second half of summer has really been stormy but the rain has fallen quite varyingly across Estonia.

Fattening-up time has started for badgers. Nature, abandoned orchards and fields offer a rich variety of choices. So they don’t go foraging only in the evening but also at early light when something says that a little more to eat would be nice.

Text and photos  Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee

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Silver Y

Silver Y        Lina-tähtöölane          Autographa gamma

The silver Y is a common species arriving as a migrant in Estonia. It manages to fly even to Lapland. The moths arrive in Estonia with warm winds from southern Europe, from the second half of May to October. In summers a local population may also develop in Estonia. The moths can be seen in meadows, fields, forests, gardens etc.

Editor of science news from the Year of the Great Tit Marko Mägi, marko.magi@ut.ee, Bird ecology researcher at the University of Tartu

Photo Marko Mägi

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Nest boxes for great tits