![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/06t.jpg) Umbel of flowers of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rare species of a beetle near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/11t.jpg) Hairy beetle on flower umbel north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/16t.jpg) Giant tachinid fly (Tachina grossa) on flower umbels near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spider in a forest near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spider with eggs near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/10t.jpg) Greenish beetles on flower umbel north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/19t.jpg) Orange butterfly in a forest near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/13t.jpg) Clustered bellflower (Campanula glomerata) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/11t.jpg) Goat moth caterpillar on Dark Mullein near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/18t.jpg) Feeding horse-fly (Chrysops sp., Russian name Slepen Zlatoglazik) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum, Russian name Koroviak) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/08t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum, Russian name Koroviak) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/10t.jpg) Goat moth caterpillar (Cossus cossus, Drevotochets Pahuchiy) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/07t.jpg) Eyewort (Eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis, Euphrasia rostkoviana, Russian name Ochanka) near Sluditsy, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/09t.jpg) Emerging umbel inflorescence of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1082/jpeg/22t.jpg) Red beetle on an umbel on a meadow in Pavlovsk Park. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/14t.jpg) Leaf eating beetle on Grey Alder north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brown beetle on a daisy flower in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/01t.jpg) Orange butterfly on flower umbels north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/881/jpeg/24t.jpg) Beetle umbel inflorescence north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1629/jpeg/03t.jpg) Longhorn borer beetle on a log in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1629/jpeg/04t.jpg) Long-horned borer beetle on a log in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sphagnum moss north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/16t.jpg) Orange butterfly north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brown fly on a yellow aster north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cowberry (Brusnika) on sphagnum moss north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/13t.jpg) Clubmoss (Plaun, Lycopodium clavatum) north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/05t.jpg) Multicolored peat (sphagnum) moss north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/07t.jpg) Texture of peat (sphagnum) moss north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1082/jpeg/23t.jpg) Emerging umbel of flowers on a meadow in Pavlovsk Park. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fruits of blueberry (Chernika, Vaccinium myrtillus) north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fruits of wild strawberry (Zemlianika, Fragaria) north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sphagnum moss with emerging spore capsules north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/03t.jpg) Star-tipped reindeer lichen (Cladonia stellaris) north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/17t.jpg) Abandoned village of Kirpichny Zavod (Brick Factory) near Posiolok, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1079/jpeg/18t.jpg) Worker s dorms in village of Kirpichny Zavod (Brick Factory) near Posiolok, north from Vyritsa, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2146/jpeg/02t.jpg) Bog-star flower (Parnassia palustris, Russian name Belozor) near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1082/jpeg/24t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago) with a beetle in Pavlovsk Park. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mosses in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small fly on a hawkweed flower in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blue geranium flower in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/15t.jpg) Hoverfly on a hawkweed flower in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of Wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum) near Sablinka River in Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/14t.jpg) Reindeer lichen (Cladonia) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/25t.jpg) Insect spruce galls in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/24t.jpg) Hoverfly on a flower of Wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum) near Sablinka River in Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1088/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower bud of field scabious (Knautia arvensis) in fields near Sablinka River in Sablino, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/11t.jpg) Green grasshopper on a flower of aster family in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/23t.jpg) Common cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2089/jpeg/12t.jpg) Hoverfly (Syrphidae, Russian name Zhurchalka) on hawkweed flower in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cladonia lichen with red spore reproducing organs in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/15t.jpg) Glittering wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/13t.jpg) Alder leaf beetles (Agelastica alni) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/17t.jpg) Umbellifer Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold Fuligo septica in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spider on a net south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/16t.jpg) Orange birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum versipelle) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blueberry (bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, Russian name Chernika) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/20t.jpg) Powdered sunshine lichen (Vulpicida pinastri) on rotten wood in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/12t.jpg) Glossy leaves of asarabacca (Asarum europaeum, Russian name Kopyten) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/18t.jpg) Scorpionfly and a fly on flowers of yarrow (Achillea millefolium, Russian name Tysiachelistnik) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/12t.jpg) Emerging umbel inflorescence of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) in Posiolok, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 23, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fir forest near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cat sitting near a summer house south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/18t.jpg) Puddles on a road near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/24t.jpg) Forest road near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dumping area in a forest near 67 Kilometr south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1850/jpeg/22t.jpg) Unripe green cowberry (lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Russian name Brusnika) in a forest in Posiolok, near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2175/jpeg/25t.jpg) Onza River south-west from Posiolok near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 29, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/27t.jpg) Forest damaged by a hurricane near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/17t.jpg) Forest damaged by a hurricane two years before near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) with a mosquito near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/15t.jpg) Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea(?)) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1081/jpeg/02t.jpg) Umbel inflorescence of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) in fields west from Deviatkino. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1082/jpeg/03t.jpg) Umbel inflorescence of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) in fields west from Deviatkino. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1084/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower receptacle of field scabious (Knautia arvensis, Russian name Korostavnik) west from Kuzmolovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/11t.jpg) Heather (Calluna vulgaris, Russian name Veresk) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dog Vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica(?)) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pine forest damaged by a hurricane two years before near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/14t.jpg) Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, Russian name Zolotarnik) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/349/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of Orchis maculata (Russian name Yatryshnik) in a marsh near Vetrenoye Lake south from Sosnovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/21t.jpg) Ripe cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fruit of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/23t.jpg) Common Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata, Russian name Shlemnik) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/12t.jpg) Milk Cap mushroom (Lactarius rufus, Russian name Gorkushka) in moss near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1083/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fruits of common blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus, Russian name Chernika) near Vetrenoe Lake south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2331/jpeg/27t.jpg) Red sphagnum moss near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2069/jpeg/01t.jpg) Third Omut of Oredezh River near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2146/jpeg/17t.jpg) Some small brown mushrooms near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2331/jpeg/26t.jpg) Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blister(?) beetle on a flower of Potentilla erecta(?) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 1, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2146/jpeg/11t.jpg) Scalycap mushrooms Pholiota spumosa near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2146/jpeg/03t.jpg) Some brown gilled mushrooms in moss near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2090/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pink flower of geranium in Siverskaya, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 13, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2146/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fairy bonnet mushrooms Mycena stipata near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2331/jpeg/22t.jpg) Peat brownie mushrooms (Bogbodia uda) in a swamp near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2146/jpeg/21t.jpg) Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia, Russian name Rosianka) near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2331/jpeg/21t.jpg) Peat brownie mushrooms (Bogbodia uda) in moss near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2018
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