Erich Haeger

Erich Haeger (born September 17, 1893 in Byszyno ( Pomerania ), † March 27, 1993 near Hamburg ) was a German faunist , lepidopterist and teacher .

life and work

Haeger was born in Boissin, today's Byszyno in Pomerania. In World War I he was severely wounded, and a doctor to began on the advice of convalescence with butterflies to deal. He soon made valuable contributions to the research of the Pomeranian fauna, which was reflected in the work published by Ernst and Herta Urbahn in 1939, “The Pomeranian Butterflies with a Comparative Overview of the Baltic Sea Region” , known in specialist circles for short as the “Pomeranian fauna”. Full-time he took a path in the school service, in which he worked in Gewiesen, today's Kwisno in Powiat Bytowski , near Miastko ( German  Rummelsburg in Pomerania ) until 1945.

After the Second World War he moved to Kreuzbruch in Brandenburg where he continued to work in school until his retirement. Here he intensified his entomological research. In doing so, he concentrated on the systematic registration of night butterflies. Between 1946 and 1960, during the entire vegetation period from spring to autumn, Haeger cataloged the butterflies that were attracted by a light trap in a special room of his house almost daily . With the exception of very few specimen copies, these were released back into the wild. In addition to the species and number of items, information on temperature, barometer level, humidity, wind strength and direction as well as cloud cover was recorded for each night. During regular excursions into the surrounding area, he also registered day butterflies and other butterfly species.

In 1960 Haeger moved to Glienicke / Nordbahn , where he continued his research in day and night observations at 116 different observation points in Brandenburg. Haeger determined an extraordinarily detailed compilation of the butterfly fauna of Brandenburg. Some of the first discoveries and rediscoveries of lost species as well as evidence of errant visitors are among the species recorded.

Haeger's extensive and exemplary labeled special collection from the Mark region was given to the Niederlausitz Natural History Museum in Branitz Castle in Cottbus . There it is available to every scientifically working entomologist.

Fonts (selection)

Haeger wrote many publications on entomological topics, examples are:

• Something from the local faunist , International Entomological Journal, Volume 26, 1932, pp. 145–151
• 10 years house light capture (Macrolepidoptera) , Journal of Applied Zoology, Vol. 43, Second Issue, 1956, pp. 215-236
• A contribution to migrant butterfly research , Entomologische Nachrichten undberichte 13, 1957, pp. 85-96
• What does Kreuzbruch mean for the large butterfly fauna of the Mark Brandenburg? , Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 10, 1963, pp. 123-133
• What can an entomologist do to research the nature reserves? , Nature conservation work in Berlin and Brandenburg, German Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Berlin, 1965
• Telesilla amethystina HB. - new for the Brandenburg fauna (LepNoctuidae) , Entomologische Nachrichten undberichte 13, 1969, p. 4/5
• A mass appearance of the oak processionary moth in the Mark Brandenburg; (Lep. Thattm.) , Entomological News and Reports 15, 1970, pp. 11/12
• Mark Faunist for 22 years (Lep.) , German Entomological Journal 16, Issue IV / V, 1969, pp. 411–430

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Horst Heyden: A great Pomeranian entomologist: Erich Haeger (1893–1993) , (online)
2. ↑ Bernd Müller: Erich Haeger (1893–1993) , Novius No. 15, 1993, p. 333
3. ↑ E. and H. Urbahn: The butterflies of Pomerania with a comparative overview of the Baltic Sea area , Entomological Association of Stettin, Stettin 1939
4. ^ Anonymi (fc): Butterfly studies in the old districts of Oranienburg and Gransee , Nature in Oberhavel, 11th edition, 2012, p. 4