Daily Archives: 6. May 2024

Ground squirrel meadows are blooming beautifully right now

Throughout spring, meadows with the presence of ground squirrels bloom in abundance. Ground squirrel habitats are usually pastures, so this suitable combination of inter-species cooperation bears its fruit.

We mapped the caterpillars of the endangered eastern eggar (Eriogaster catax)

Although its Slovak name evokes a close relationship to blackthorn, the eastern eggar females lay eggs primarily on hawthorns.
This butterfly is one of the few that lays its eggs in the fall and they spend the whole winter on the shrub.