Meldino

On the 12th of June visited Meldino station in the extreme north of Moscow region.
The locality is a humid southern taiga forest, consisting mainly of Norway Spruce, Aspen and Birch, with some Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and Blackcurrant in the undergrowth.

Red Poplar Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela populi):

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Some Pimpline ichneumon wasp, a parasitoid of something wood-boring:

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