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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Eligma neumanni 990x690 (~281Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Bahir Dar, Tana Hotel. 4th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Eligma neumanni 1156x919 (~464Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Bahir Dar, Tana Hotel. 4th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Noctuidae sp. 1075x845 (~162Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 4th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Lymantriinae sp. 1000x1089 (~361Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Lake Hayk bank. 7th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Orgyia recens 756x500 (~85Kb) larva A young birch on the crest of the hill Sopka Mokhnataya of the hill chain called Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk region, Russia. 12th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Euplocia membliaria 1200x981 (~83Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Sphingomorpha chlorea 1370x1129 (~488Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Lake Hayk bank. 8th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebus sp. 585x808 (~95Kb) A clearing in a broad-leafed forest on a hill within Daejeon City, S Korea, 29th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spirama helicina 1368x1068 (~167Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Spirama helicina 735x647 (~131Kb) A clearing in a broad-leafed forest on a hill within Daejeon City, S Korea, 29th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Trigonodes hyppasia 855x891 (~92Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Mocis undata 918x879 (~121Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Amata sperbius 1276x1137 (~154Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Amata grotei 540x414 (~48Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a rocky bed of a torrent. 30th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Amata grotei 653x482 (~68Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a rocky bed of a torrent. 30th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Utetheisa (Geometra) lotrix 1061x794 (~91Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Arctia caja 400x589 (~53Kb) A Dahurian larch taiga above the village Novyi Akatuy, the junction of the mountain ranges Uryumkanskii and Kukul'bei, Aleksandrovskozavodskoi District, E Chita Region, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pholiota squarrosa 400x542 (~67Kb) Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 4th September 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pholiota aurivella 400x619 (~59Kb) The Romka Rivulet basin, Akademgorodok [Academy Town] surroundings, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th September 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Selaginella rupestris 746x500 (~139Kb) Rocks on the southern slope of the Budyumkan River valley 7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Selaginella sanguinolenta 751x500 (~141Kb) Rocks on the southern slope of the Budyumkan River valley 7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Botrychium lunaria 476x776 (~95Kb) A patch of Antennaria dioica on a small opening in an open larch forest on the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets , 2100 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 16th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cheilanthes argentea 724x500 (~147Kb) Rocks on the southern slope of the Budyumkan River valley 7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Dryopteris fragrans 732x500 (~146Kb) Above the village Novyi Akatuy, the junction of the mountain ranges Uryumkanskii and Kukul'bei, Aleksandrovskozavodskoi District, E Chita Region, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Polystichum braunii 306x200 (~20Kb) A fir/lime forest on a ridge 10 km E of village Kuzedeevo. the famous "lime-tree island" of the forest of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., the elevation of Gornaya Shoria, Kemerovo Region, West Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Gymnocarpium dryopteris 718x500 (~112Kb) The Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) taiga in the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Camptosorus sibiricus 833x500 (~176Kb) Rocks on the southern slope of the Budyumkan River valley 7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Salvinia natans 766x468 (~122Kb) A mortlake Dolgoe on the Ob' River right floodland at the village Nizhnyaya El'tsovka, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 30th August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Larix sibirica 800x526 (~108Kb) The SW-exposed slope of the small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, 2200 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Larix gmelinii 400x632 (~59Kb) The Budyumkan River left bank 5-7 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Larix gmelinii 400x615 (~126Kb) The Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pinus sylvestris krylovii 769x500 (~63Kb) Right bank of the Onon River 12 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Region, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pinus cembra sibirica 800x566 (~124Kb) Subalpine Siberian stone pine parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass through the Seminskii mountain range, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Spiraea crenata 504x790 (~127Kb) The western slope of the hill Sopka Lysaya of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province. 30th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spiraea crenata 600x406 (~70Kb) The western slope of the hill Sopka Lysaya of the hill chain Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province. 30th May 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spiraea alpina 576x874 (~158Kb) An ancient moraine closing the cirque of the sources of the rivulet descending southward from the the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Sorbaria sorbifolia 400x626 (~79Kb) An open silver and Dahurian birch/Dahurian larch/pine forest on a southern slope of the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 29th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Dasiphora fruticosa 400x577 (~77Kb) A bank of a pool on an old quarry on the Gazimurskii Mt. Range on a left tributary of the Budyumkan River about 30 km upstream of the village Budyumkan, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 4th August 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Dasiphora fruticosa 796x522 (~166Kb) An ancient moraine closing the cirque of the sources of the rivulet descending southward from the the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Comarum salesovianum 550x798 (~84Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cotoneaster melanocarpus 784x508 (~76Kb) Steppefied stony slopes of the Koynikha Rivulet valley just above the village Shibkovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 23rd August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Astragalus macropterus 562x397 (~80Kb) A steep detritous dry southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank terrace in its upper flow, at the Chikty Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Cicer soongaricum 400x600 (~85Kb) A steep detritous dry southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank terrace in its upper flow, at the Chikty Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cicer soongaricum 400x600 (~29Kb) A steep detritous dry southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank terrace in its upper flow, at the Chikty Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lathyrus tuberosus 400x621 (~79Kb) A high right bank terrace of the Inyua River at the halt Razyezd Inya, Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hedysarum austrosibiricum 516x776 (~137Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2400 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hedysarum gmelinii 600x400 (~90Kb) Screes on the Tarkhatta River right bank, junction of the Sailyugem and Yuzhno-Chuiiskii mountain ranges, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd July July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Viburnum opulus 500x775 (~137Kb) An edge of a mixed asp/birch forest on a hill above the Berd' river right bank, on the elevation called Salairskii Kryazh, At the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, W Siberia, Russia 14th of September 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Lonicera tatarica 400x660 (~112Kb) A bushy meadow in the Ik River valley just upstream of the village Novososedovo, the Salairskii Kryazh elevation, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 31st May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Betula nana rotundifolia 798x534 (~172Kb) A subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, the Seminskii Pass through the Seminskii Mt. Range, Altai Mts., 9th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Betula davurica 400x624 (~92Kb) A gentle eastern slope of a mountain on the Argun' River left bank 10 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 27th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Quercus mongolica 390x616 (~95Kb) An open pine/Dahurian larch/Dahurian birch forest on a local hill crest at the Budyumkan River left bank 5 km upstream of its confluence with the Argun' River, 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Daphne mezereum 500x779 (~87Kb) A fir/lime forest on a ridge 10 km E of village Kuzedeevo. the famous "lime-tree island" of the forest of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., the elevation of Gornaya Shoria, Kemerovo Region, West Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tilia nasczokini 400x515 (~88Kb) A mixed pine/birch forest, with admixture of Tilia nasczokini, in the valley Log Kashtak on the Yenisei right bank just at Krasnoyarsk, Central Siberia. 11th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin