This week we continue with sampling of water insects in North Bohemian spoil heaps where many highly threatened species (such as Cybister lateralimarginalis and Coenagrion ornatum) found their secondary refuges. Robert and Filip helped our close collaborator Vojtěch Kolář with setting minnow traps into a few dozen freshwater pools. Besides a survey of unknown biodiversity of several insect groups, the project also aims to evaluate different approaches to the post-mining freshwater habitats.
Water insects of lignite spoil heaps
- Field season in Zelezne hory has started
- Moth dedicated to Gerald Durrell