Zhukovsky

A warm, fairly sunny day, +26° C. Been to city park.

A male Stictoleptura rubra longhorn beetle:

Found a strong population of Blue-winged Grasshoppers in the city park! I’ve never seen this species here! Male:

Female:

At the same locality found Bee-wolves (Philanthus triangulum) nesting. A female bringing its Honeybee prey into its burrow:

Final approach:

Male Steppe Grasshopper (Chorthippus dorsatus). The English name is very inappropriate: it is widely distributed in the forest zone and there are many species more closely associated with steppes than this one:

Comma (Nymphalis c-album) caterpillar:

Plenty of common butterflies. Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus):

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas):

Common Blues (Polyommatus icarus). Male:

Female:

Latticed Heath moth (Chiasmia clathrata):

High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe):

Ruddy Darters (Sympetrum sanguineum) are common in the woodland:

While in the more open areas the larger Moustached Darters (Sympetrum vulgatum) prevail:

A paper wasp (Polistes dominulus), ID by Alexander Fateryga, molbiol.ru:

Some eumenine wasp:
Upd: Ancistrocerus sp., ID suggestion by Alexander Fateryga, molbiol.ru: