Insects are a class of invertebrate animals belonging to the Arthropoda phylum. This is the most diverse group of living beings on the planet. The territory of Russia is life environment of about 100 thousand species of insects. Among them are the emperor dragonfly, the Panagaeus cruxmajor, the heavenly barbel, and the Saga pedo.
The emperor dragonfly is a dragonfly from the Aeshnidae family. It is one of the largest dragonflies in Russia. It is listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. The emperor dragonfly inhabits water bodies, both in open and closed forest landscapes.
The Panagaeus cruxmajor is a beetle from the Carabidae family. It is found in the east of Siberia up to the Amur, in North Africa, and in Asia Minor. It prefers moist terrain with rich vegetation.
The heavenly barbel is a species of beetles of the Cerambycinae subfamily of the Cerambycidae family. It is distributed in the Ussuri-Primorsky Region. Outside Russia, it is distributed in the northeastern part of China and North Korea. It inhabits broadleaved and coniferous-broadleaved forests.
The Saga pedo is a grasshopper of the Saginae subfamily. It is the largest grasshopper in Russia. It is listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. In Russia, it inhabits areas of unploughed steppes (Kursk, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Rostov, Astrakhan, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan Regions, the Republics of Bashkortostan, Chechnya, Kalmykia, North Ossetia and Dagestan).
The postage stamps feature the following insects: the emperor dragonfly, the Panagaeus cruxmajor, the heavenly barbel and the Saga pedo.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + partial varnishing + congreve embossing + bronzed paste (only the text and design of the drawing on the margins of the stamp sheet) + security system |
Comb 11¼ |
37 × 37 mm |
50 thousand stamps |