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Post by jensb on Nov 30, 2013 12:27:48 GMT -8
Hello guys, I wanted to share this information whit you. The dutch butterfly society "de vlinderstichting" has a great project running to rescue Phengaris teleius. Which has in the netherlands only one place where it lives. They want to try to expand this area. Have fun reading. www.natuurmonumenten.nl/english-summary-blues-in-marshesGreets jens |
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Post by nomad on Dec 1, 2013 1:33:17 GMT -8
Hi jens. It is nice to see a good conservation measure in the Netherlands to save these two rare species of Large Blue, Phengaris teleius and P. nausithous. Interesting article. I see there is yet another genus change, Phengaris replacing Maculinea .
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Post by jensb on Dec 1, 2013 2:01:08 GMT -8
Yes and the butterfly society in the Netherlands always uses
The newest names what is sometimes quite annoying.
Because some time ago arctiidae, Lymantriinae, Catocala and some other noctuidea
Got the new family EREBIDAE. I found that pretty annoying because before that
it was much clearer to me where to search when I found something.
I find it fantastic they try to make the chance of survival for these species bigger.
Greets jens
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Post by jildertraul on Mar 10, 2015 8:11:56 GMT -8
I have been on that location last year and was fairly surprised by the number of Phengaris teleius (I rather call it Maculinea telejus) flying above the blue marshes there. I want to make a correction on the previous messages: M. nausithous isn't recorded there for several years, after some people mowed the last small numbers on the roadside away. It was a mistake made by some contractors who are mowing large numbers of roadsides commissioned by the government. This shows once more communication between people is important in order to sufficiant protection of (endangered) species. Maculinea nausithous is inside the Netherlands only known from Limburg, where it lives in small numbers on a roadside...
About Maculinea telejus: I have counted for sure 50 ex, but I have seen recorded number of 100 and more on the internet, from the same patch. It seems to be a succesfull reintroduction of this specimen and now people of nature conservation organisations, governmental organisations, the Dutch Butterfly Conservation and a lot of volunteers are trying to increase the habitat. As fromer intensive agricultural land the top layer needs to be excavated, whereupon typical vegetation with Sanguisorba officinalis and Succisa pratensis will return.
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