The long overdue Meisel trip was conducted today, with sunny conditions, weak to moderate winds and 22°C (11:03 AM). Getting there was the first hassle, as my district quietly changed the order of sections currently under construction for the second time. Using an extremely damaged path to circumvent the road blockage, I was greeted by the same grasses dominance plaguing all of my other zones.
Most nectar plants were unusually small and even deformed, likely explaining this year's species composition. Due to the complete absence of not just most blues (P. coridon in particular) but also most dragonflies and A. paphila, I had to edit my additional note from 04 August due to the latter species now being very unlikely. As the path leading to the extremely small population of L. phlaeas now is completely blocked on top of most blues missing, I suspect that this population is vanishing, if it hasn't already done so.
While I only caught a very brief glimpse of it, a bright hairstreak disappeared into the crowns of some cherry trees, leaving no other possibility but T. betulae, which still remains absent in my main zones.
As I was still hoping for a single S. w-album, I checked out a tiny area northeast to its first and last spot. It was a steep meadow that hasn't seen much attention in a while, with dozens of very young robinias growing uninterrupted alongside some rare columbines that didn't develop any blossoms. Besides a single A. cyanea and few A. io and whites, I spotted three purple-barred yellows (Lythria purpuraria), two of which were in the midst of mating. This moth species, alongside its close relative Lythria cruentaria which I initially suspected before inspecting the flowers they were resting on, is classified as being close to extinction, though both seemingly continue to remain stable.