In the end of June and beginning of July I visited a drained bog near the city of Balashikha. Though some bog vegetation is still present, it is being quickly overgrown with scrub birch.
A Buff Footman (Eilema depressa):
A Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae), arguably the commonest species of Copper in Moscow region:
Vlad Proklov's wildlife blog 