A self-pollinated orchid, Epipactis muelleri Godfery, is reported from the Crimea as a new species for the flora of Ukraine. Data on key diagnostic characters of the species and collected herbarium specimens are provided.

Two nests of the wasps Leptochilus alpestris (de Saussure, 1855) and Leptochilus regulus (de Saussure, 1855) collected in the Crimea were described. The nest of L. alpestris was found in the empty snail shell of Monacha ...

Two nest records of the rare solitary wasp Eumenes punctaticlypeus kostylevi Kurzenko, 1976 are described for the first time. One non-completed nest was built in a stone surface and another one was attached to a bush stem; ...