The initial idea of our project and the start of our research on true bugs of saline habitats in Vojvodina are described on pages containing details of projects from 2015 and 2017. The importance of insect communities and saline habitats,…
Strengthening HabiProt and Knowledge of Endangered Peatlands in Southwestern Serbia
The organization HabiProt is implementing the project “Strengthening HabiProt and Knowledge of Endangered Peatlands in Southwestern Serbia” in cooperation with the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia, within the AFD mentoring micro-grant program that supports sustainable management of wetland…
Monitoring of Target Saproxylic Insect Species in Serbia
Saproxylic insects—species that rely on dead or decaying wood during part of their life cycle—are key components of forest ecosystems. They contribute significantly to the decomposition of wood and nutrient cycling, yet their populations are increasingly threatened due to intensive…
New achievements in 2025.
After discovery of Papilio alexanor, within a short period our members achieved two more important advances. First, Kosta Reljić through analysis of genital apparatus finally proved existence of Leptidea juvernica in our country. Till now it was just guessing, now…
Discovery of a New Butterfly in Serbia: Papilio alexanor
In mid-May, researchers from HabiProt in Novi Sad and the researchers from the Faculty of Science in Kragujevac discovered a new butterfly in Serbia—Papilio alexanor—within the “Zlatibor” Nature Park. This marks the first official record of the species in…
True bugs of the Pannonian sandy grasslands (2023-2024)
After years of work on true bugs of the Pannonian saline habitats with a focus on saline grasslands, our team became specialized in grassland communities and has participated in several other research projects on grassland true bugs in Serbia and…
The first butterfly watching weekend
Mt. Kosmaj was on April 9 and 10 the venue of “The first butterfly watching weekend” in Serbia. It was attended by 25 participants and 5 coordinators from our team (Boženka Hric, Bojana Nadaždin, Milan Đurić, Filip Vukajlović and Ivan…
Membership cards for 2022 are ready!
We prepared new membership cards that contain picture of newly discovered butterfly for Serbia – Tarucus balkanicus. You can support our activities either by paying membership or by buying our publications: https://habiprot.org.rs/en/printed/
Achievements in 2021
Although in 2021. we didn’t break record with new data, our database Alciphron nicely progressed and reached almost 430.000 records. We achieved very good results in realization of monitoring projects in protected areas. Soon will be accessible full list of…
The photo-exhibition “Saline habitats of Vojvodina up-close”
We managed to organize a promotional photo exhibition at the Department of Biology and Ecology, the University of Novi Sad, in collaboration with colleagues from the Scientific Research Society of Biology and Ecology Students “Josif Pančić” from Novi Sad. The…