Text and photos  Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Brown-spot pinion

Brown-spot pinion    Täpik-sügisöölane       Agrochola litura

Today the brown-spot pinion occurs all over Estonia but it is not common. Five decades ago the species was still quite rare and then occurred mainly in western Estonia. The moths fly in deciduous and mixed tree stands from the end of August to early October.

Text and photos  Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Founced chestnut

Flounced chestnut     Puna-sügisöölane          Agrochola helvola

The flounced chestnut occurs in the whole of  Estonia and is quite common. It flies in mixed forests and parks and also gardens from the end of August to the end of September, enduring even the first night frosts.

Text and photos Kristel Vilbaste
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Death marked trees

Tuesday morning was a morning like any other. You can still go barefoot across the grass to the mailbox to get a fresh Postimees newspaper to the morning coffee. The cold has still not crept into your marrow on returning from the trip.

But cold bit at my heart when I read the newspaper. The report that told that on the Toomemägi slope at the Pirogov site a felling of trees that are dangerous to people will start today.