Monitoring, Conservation and Restoration of Rare Insect Species on the Territory and in the Zone of Influence of a Linear Feature (A Bridge Crossing over the Volga River in Volgograd)

As a result of the research conducted on the territory and in the area of influence of the facility “Construction of the second, third, and fourth launch complexes of the Volga River bridge in Volgograd,” it was found that 7 species of rare insects live within the boundaries of the permanent and temporary allotment zone: Lucanus cervus L. (deer beetle), Calosoma sycophanta L. (red-smelling jelly), Anax imperator Leach. (the emperor's watchman), Protaetia speciosissima Scopoli (smooth bronze), Catocala fraxini L. (blue ribbon of the Order), Catocala sponsa L. (crimson ribbon of the Order), and Driopa Mnemosyne L. (mnemosyne). Information about the areas of the territory where the considered rare insect species had not previously been recorded is systematized, information about confirmed and identified habitats is obtained, and ecological and biological features of the development and distribution of rare arthropod species within the specially protected natural territory of federal significance – the Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain Nature Park – are revealed. A program of industrial environmental control over the nature of changes in all components of the ecosystem during the construction and operation of a linear feature has been developed, and a set of appropriate measures and technical solutions has been proposed.