Posted by JWV on 29-07-2024 12:10
#1
Hi all,
As I couldn't find any pictures of this species online, let alone this subspecies, I thought I'd post them here. In the beginning of this month I visited Sfantu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta, Romania for a few days. This
Astochia species was quite common in the dunes bordering the sea and the salt-marsh
Juncus-vegetation more land inwards. As far as I know this is the online reliable place in visitable Europe that one can encounter this species.
The male/female-ratio was heavily female orientated in the sense that I encountered 1 male in approx. 5-10 females. Maybe because it was already quite late in the season for this species?
Enjoy the pictures,
Best,
Jonne
Edited by JWV on 29-07-2024 12:14
Posted by Chris Cohen on 21-08-2024 18:41
#4
Cool find! I agree with Astochia, although I can't comment on the species. Any chance you could upload these to iNaturalist as well? The most eastern observations for Astochia on that site are currently Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Posted by JWV on 24-08-2024 17:58
#5
Hi Chris,
I have uploaded my observations to observation.org
https://old.obser...how_zero=0 but I will try to upload it at iNaturalist too.
Best,
Jonne