10th of August, Friday
Travelling in the morning, arrival to Senj in the afternoon and collecting near to the coast.
![Ogulin](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrCeKpBHa8PFDzvXE7ZcbHNFhRGUw_PrzCzesP5qbwrjtmbzzMnnlPLpXBd3eeXIp6RCHBfRUXK_UoHIwUbqJYtyFnK9PWAqnqZMXftmDDQ7567FqEtaw1aMs0ssnQ_CS3cJHj5fm91aT/s1600/Ogulin.jpg)
An old water mill at river Dobra near Ogulin.
![Cyclamen purpurascens](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgQ9BjCv1jRdfagxdfJ6ARW4iD5tD_qPa8jm0RoqVZKQDKqYK12fyjrxlViBB1Fh-D3TSYMcCcRcR1evey7IoljJ5DQulGqRIcnQa3xa_2lVSoDSSygDkoU4NaT_GrYi9WH0kUa-O4MRQ/s1600/Cyclamen-purpurascens.jpg)
Flowering Cyclamen purpurascens Mill. mark the end of summer.
![Sjeverni Velebit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4X1MNm5gtMsv3lCPgRAUWj1j8IXCtK94cDLqdL4YE9sbQAgcs0IZWcYRpSDxAKSlyJGxZeDxYkc-7JEFsZZH4nBumnikPctDmmqT77pGv6wbooux1jVK_XN5BhH39DeVqmSw8sYPbCfU/s1600/Velebit-1.jpg)
At the town of Senj the sea and the Velebit Mountains showed their somber side.
![Senj](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCY9H16IviEd2-deWvRo0VItQxWluUdU5pmg0JxSYe8mvELLD8y0kU5_WTIkfz1cUGGlTv7I5Fds91wMmJmC_yEUkBtp2Pnsysxnt0YTzS4YmM19Bpyy8KcoTuUEkVGSImm_t0FJe1yJJ/s1600/Senj-1.jpg)
The day started at castle of Nehaj, with examining black pines (Pinus nigra Arn.)
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9crm3w8YFaG5mI2kjbBdCgG9LcVwzNQyXftoa9xf_RkG18UGJKk7GtXgwVc6PlZSvb-0oclqSs9TBfxenZ2o6c0xkfjbWC_k0g0fSeTjzNUF6k9EFnIM-5L8KtRPpP8vjXbckmlcR31B/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-1.jpg)
An adult Chalcophora intermedia Rey, 1890 is already peeking out from its exit hole.
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyNh25I4WJ3J4PXzJg6kYPyizVdIseQmsGCXthDpeFxgFNYBlIJUXyWAZg0a1hgv-Y1v0k89kGWQyCvSyEyuHUpCWaauXKfmgXLPauSe7bpZwjgeB7HXpTIPuZjMkXFiJiWo523KXphJT/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-2.jpg)
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoORvVlQMhfwucXSpIVcSA3dLSWmQUVnkHfTKRIK80CYtA8b_zmTuEDTqaBCWlbDD8NIZtoQmILhuFOvixxzSDg51-7K1EWX0BvxdXFaDmTuBt56Pa9YSiefNfz6H87ZRlo-9qyLRbqsux/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-3.jpg)
In the cold weather, we found a few live specimens, flattening themselves against the tree trunk.
![Nothorhina muricata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrxQid7Stmt6ODVQlUf46wcp0XfTZJffIr_-33v3_GZg_QOUtQuoVjIsfa1shGonMv7ywM0VGOROsI3GBxH8Mi_pjdv1fMIbCWsWwBaB07q3-m0ACcWfkfeOiyYmQDGegHjIuRP-grnvX/s1600/Nothorhina-muricata-1.jpg)
Because of the rain, some longhorns were hiding under bark.
![Nothorhina muricata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmeujfCZkZKFuk9wlQSlocuxQd6qaPFHWqapbJj0bEOmd3pvHbhzqou0-u0GyKJ9gQtuCK1Omwih5K3-P15FypmELI0h6A5eaLZDQEzxMQyr0-Y_dJ8A1RgAoqW3SgNmR4jxRZs6ovQcL/s1600/Nothorhina-muricata-2.jpg)
The usually agile Nothorhina muricata (Dalman, 1817) was easy to catch.
![Camp Ujča](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuuvEl88NwjkNlsZlTNUIoLKbIUd62iijHyvPFwF75J2lQ2n05hCGrwRALYBEELw3dhDF0PnDqSB4xfnnoz1PSAxxsV1Ovz1rgC4R6HBDSv3qC0PPK_0kD0qLPKY6EqXHPb5uw1uoUgAE/s1600/Ujca-camp.jpg)
We set up our tents in a nearby camp-site.
![Look for Parmena](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh-sPpS1W1UijhaAyulkAncyDGUcrx8Ka8-FLkgx4vSdpCotpmAEv9ciPLtUDBclXCXcyQL3stDgDZmxQzUmSmW70IEK4sZLfHq6JS1SW88AvhaisOXbFMuXHzsabq7xUrsPUPIO2ZRlc/s1600/Parmena-search.jpg)
On the shore we looked for night-active beetles with the help of torches. On rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum L.) small longhorns, Parmena pubescens (Dalman, 1817) were found.
![Niphona picticornis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzWb_849GoZRjWTY2-QetnMmqoW7xDyFT2FaNDFf48OmLvbYcbGxpoNxqRAam9mAqXtId3Jz_BHFF2Ql-jxLcmwZyTGO1Rd9NPil7mTo1O67VgYn05E8XoUH_lxlJ6huy-n6PTGtIw-up/s1600/Niphona-picticornis-1.jpg)
![Niphona picticornis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN41cSDS7BWLEXG52A4GsBypDOwkLYIh9f22tpVhpD9LwZXlxVomOGSaNB_CDNWxX8oMKP3U1cOhmwhQEto1vZzZJCwUxVyhDJepvzI0EXcqBSeN02l-NGhH2QL6ZTcEU_5-4S__TD5KY/s1600/Niphona-picticornis-2.jpg)
Niphona picticornis Mulsant, 1839 is also active at night.
11th of August, Saturday
Collecting in the Velebit Mountains near to Štirovača on 1100 meters.
![Velebit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gMJ8x5KfGPKCmBZ8VJiuDgYcSQJr8V0WiZU-5FpUNOb2kgCYmN1UbaTUDEE8jbHPh3zdABYCzS6KjUQ65g-ycREN8-bnDXo5r8Uf078BxnGuoMLD5QWxJXhfFj_XuKPaUAr-jem-KHD8/s1600/Velebit-2.jpg)
We moved to upper regions. The landscape before Krasno.
![Velebit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP0RjUA-4Y14vAdeCC8vEYhKKtB-d6Szotu-OzxvOI89I8o4VeaqoMwLbysK7ngqtOmV4_EW2KOXxUad4Kq2bSx_LwpVhhMCSppOApMRRfXWd5d3O1Dyv6M9Gs_opJdM8LbnJqQJQYSOB/s1600/Velebit-3.jpg)
We found freshly cut trunks of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) near Štirovača.
![Anguis fragilis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiOmZE0u25syip5Ojrw5NTB2u5O2VqheGRCyGc2cXjeFQt8_A3YZ76xPVZXcXGvUpxYXhVDw6U4iSLt8Z2pFko8m9D6mAGbrNvxtxWtZUhW5mSakvTrxr1kP5p_0lO0SoKcrbC4GhWsvz/s1600/Anguis-fragilis.jpg)
In the logs, decaying for years, not only beetle larvae could be found, but reptiles and amphibians were hiding. A young Slow Worm, Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758.
![Mesotriton alpestris](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwA4_uNhlN7vIoNlOdfj2-Z9XQGagK1HShVvxjnOi6-BLpeWIDLlTFh2HtVI_Vnt7w7NLwrsIzaxW5JO7N3pUh2LyZ5p-HmdaZjAAwB3_-usmgD5K395pJ9EsJpGDqZEQlVtHIeyOQIJp9/s1600/Mesotriton-alpestris-1.jpg)
![Mesotriton alpestris](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FbPj_1m3R9J5d1K0GVS5y6QG7bKsHxWi_i1WgJqsIcRMBEQ26PX1jXSYtWSF8xYqZglcrBtaTMv6Laqe1cjygVXPvMh8QEnGD915SnbZ1o2GsJX1X7z3WxxDVQkLGnrjSbBdAXCx8ZFc/s1600/Mesotriton-alpestris-2.jpg)
A male Alpine Newt, Mesotriton alpestris (Laurenti, 1768).
![Tragosoma depsarium - larva](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInqQtydIKFbV5LZa_ySa9ShnTqTzYeOdOacCuEQe8FDwQeRAqMGRzYae7R33a6kIdCKwWeH1PaVYNf0RJX1g-SVbMzMQNpxydF1soqOunHB16m6i5028Q24PiJxR6p7iHaCAXybDSBqL_/s1600/Tragosoma-larva.jpg)
This larva of Tragosoma depsarium (Linnaeus, 1767) perhaps has only a year for the adult to emerge.
![Tragosoma depsarium](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcelQLlrokWb-V4e8tsmn367tTN_W0S3IJOzy0z8m0tRgyzb1-GtwqK2a5zEiksQFi0UeLmTndHykBBDQ5_UoqaeTWpXgNg81BqLifj9AvKumYEDbh4_6Ukctge-l7DHBo3m5wbH546Za_/s1600/Tragosoma-depsarium.jpg)
This male Tragosoma depsarium (Linnaeus, 1767) was found in his pupal cell.
12th of August, Sunday
That day we were collecting on 300 m, and on 1000 m in the afternoon, beyond Oltari.
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKtC8Hh3u6-0gZo5FZy3IpIrMdBfX1VyIlscjWu76oXbzTwMkdEt_Vdd9lUYeTqkTVn6fozydDd1iNTg8uc5cNjz3I7Ugac1GmvbzITTV6phexcD5GZRmIDBcrRh4Ujvy1A7P1QAG5Xjt/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-4.jpg)
While beating black pines, different jewel beetles were collected. The first was Chalcophora intermedia Rey, 1890.
![Dicerca moesta](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIE0fvDes7ThserFKTJE9FA2vT3nrda7n1t9NpliIiS405ze-CIa2nfHHGZx5NB5mtnNS7Z1QWQRpX8Ro-fD-OSW3sFpPG6ZSvHH8SmgdUPMQW_Vqp-9fYM460GMT9is9_spvJOrNfNEu/s1600/Dicerca-moesta.jpg)
Freshly emerged individual of Dicerca moesta (Fabricius, 1794).
![Buprestis octoguttata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52_voFSfgl2goBGyRfDhPrBGV2RiSe0BQkVOlikCuOq_cl4S4PmlkjYQtfB_9HfxSTDI7Ar-4lpq-YepiacOcd9AhM1W1lTfz07MjO7QayuV9nROuD1DUWVWpQcP1UNuPifdlAmmBRQ6-/s1600/Buprestis-octoguttata-2.jpg)
![Buprestis octoguttata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUs24W2g6u3nZ5ZQZY29N386b1YWjnzyBIXQShLx_eJEFcEDRz0q53zdDXNDj5K5QQ8sUoyI3HyfaPw8vbEakAQtlewLj575yH5oToFF23-Jjiq_RYQICYOTMis8BSFoKzSgB4GDvs5VM/s1600/Buprestis-octoguttata-1.jpg)
The small-sized Buprestis octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758 was active on living...
![Buprestis octoguttata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Li7P0djKvb-g2tRK3YkO57DxdC25g3Iyz32FJYMIQ3Ex8ue6IejCztXk7K7saxe4FGr79nuW1KkoFUQqq1J6DHerJsWGkZiNC7jnlzbpSXzVnGeHv5Wy9Uid4lJ0HSrfA7qZwnNP0yWl/s1600/Buprestis-octoguttata.jpg)
...and dead trees as well.
![Pogonocherus perroudi](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYr1KZJrdT7jn4e-7BL9T0QpYSNOa6vrthOEQwv1jPRpt23KE1qTgsXyjC1jhpMD9uyoE2IfoCIlUxxSGNheo48BL0gWQ-KGe_qsOCr1l0skF0xU2aKh1pQFsbh1MCfoBoD3nUB1CSCps/s1600/Pogonocherus-perroudi.jpg)
On dry pine branches Pogonocherus perroudi Mulsant, 1839 can be found.
![Buprestis novemmaculata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSr0U8xQmVIwkSQzgpL9UDZP33ek9eQurglniHGSShbIN9ql3kjuf2t2MsQoWEs92aSKps4gUpZjwKTWsD_rhFyHlARpZ83rvnMAAlpS9HvMN9J9pDvVovPuwZdsLk54K8IIOf0N8VIvNY/s1600/Buprestis-novemmaculata-1.jpg)
![Buprestis novemmaculata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dEPWcHFyWvV28PTuPn5N4Oj2rNnFLC69C0wweox7qQPxNVUCQieoXiec-CxioGmvrXGF41aLpl9zYyJ8eWl2ApmeHE0Ig3ysXPipPTWuJdPkh17ruLqhLuXela0rTspWCIgpO3rEK6wI/s1600/Buprestis-novemmaculata-2.jpg)
Buprestis novemmaculata Linnaeus, 1767 were swarming on dry, cut out pine trunks.
![Algyroides nigropunctatus - juv.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IKHbsgVIMjeeT203ALllzp-uHTm9S3Ulot6N2LMTFyYVqSCnrqVyo6j2_qUoEVfBDfyCTZU0rzTzEAU8ezjtFsfk2WKpZiiC76cBjth58mfYsK8xTBsHRCwOSNBOi7oq6fQV2e9H5VLC/s1600/Algyroides-nigropunctatus.jpg)
A young Blue-throated Keeled Lizard, Algyroides nigropunctatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).
![Podarcis melisellensis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlYAtDIkN41O9cGsh9evPT4Q-na5C0pCi9oUQeSb3gO6vBj9wetdaEKHxn1_zbFOzCMnHXHk6nL1m84-eG6s2XB9s-e1SQTtIMVqBjxbeu7aR6uK9NT5mLhNCDYi4T_t0oO2eclue0l-G/s1600/Podarcis-melisellensis-1.jpg)
A colourful Dalmatian Wall Lizard, Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877).
![Podarcis melisellensis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxTh8TtKfhH0himh5_iaKr_aMhyphenhyphenHy2wmltZrW1Elulj4VCOEcntoePUO1RRP9Rx1pD03HpRJJN508DL5eyOteh6agDboGVZ9Oo7j3AHyHgZFn8IVoIRwLctxeZv8mZ7oTtkKg19FrQ105/s1600/Podarcis-melisellensis-2.jpg)
Its curiosity made it possible to approach.
![Oltari](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmjFTy3jSvuUfzAkSK6aKsxM6oYMcRCIC308n2wdQRdS_edBKMdhNhxw8cn8L316d0lHYrYhl52skOs0Su1t088J3q5qsEoNafuMDbUtwqjELgoqQ72MvuhnJfOTDG_aMA35aVeHT2bsw/s1600/Oltari.jpg)
Above the village of Oltari, we continued the collecting in a forest of European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.). We opened dry branches and logs, looking for beetles.
![Pogonocherus eugeniae](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzYPtcXZORxTkMhjJSVou9rqet6LJF2hacew1zual174w6JcDSuWPNNt0xHswpkIi08qUYSEnHfqebMkfqQ4Hg3Eau-crhIeyGaU_X0vYUwnJO7vxUE0w6RdcqILQf30NRfqYD6qMcI1h/s1600/Pogonocherus-eugeniae-1.jpg)
![Pogonocherus eugeniae](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vrVrMZfJsVbg6bLs1ekt-a99Vt8nGA79OzDVa5ckgmhDc8GYGvJpdUhqImSL4fVM4mARR_dFUy7plKxO21GGEfXEVY0yFkQJOSAVAzX1b4y4m_beQ-YOlLpDu0PjZ7wAltOv8QyTtWDB/s1600/Pogonocherus-eugeniae-2.jpg)
András found individuals of Pogonocherus eugeniae Gaglbauer, 1891, which were already resting in their pupal cell.
![Xylosteus spinolae](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0gDVVjAjvdiiBgNVndGMPeM1rVT1Lc7yNzffD_N_ZSyQEm1Gkmt7VLMb1SHMd61yt7s-Yu1020xTcQjlbfWTUUOdqmXks4NYNpMiCMz2UFZUMTbCRnDrhEmiDarbPkeXMLq-CCVBKEAe/s1600/Xylosteus-spinolae.jpg)
And Győző found a dead Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838, in a dry trunk of a silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)
13th of August, Monday
In the morning: collecting in Kapela on the way home.
![Kapela](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpmzq3dfJwUHWpiNJ8ykE-wteZ3UjeHjug2GE0EGcgfvfOn-hCItZK2ACoWP4mkM4H2lMa6EbTRuzslosBmGv5IVFAiiUNVRVNjzlDAmuU7duX0X-G6v6TTbfZRK5ltv2mnV3XLarnEfc/s1600/Modrus.jpg)
We stopped at Modruš, where logs of European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) attracted buprestids.
![Eurythyrea austriaca female](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjtRcjlks0_PdWZuL0UUnhK5oCYZjslPfueowAXIbmvcqPAHUDbgCEnbLDuyITv7ufWCZ6hDQwblTP1sJL2zO_it0mYqCTuCiJlWc-rYsRyy__Rh0vvpMzj_KDMSbqwY8k9rEZ3boCqwi/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca.jpg)
![Eurythyrea austriaca female](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tkMnlyvOuHW6vq0WTGL7fjDKa4zOy7U604-8kaLksgL5y1vJiX_sdJcAN_baIH_y-yz_gYVSCMWrsGJGaI8s9_3t8q7E75mI-lzt4X5j4s5dfAny1jXYY9tHUBrdfqAGau-E-no8g68f/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-1.jpg)
Females of Eurythyrea austriaca (Linnaeus, 1767) came down from the heights of the trees to lay eggs to the trunk of dead trees.
![Eurythyrea austriaca female](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtcLYcH96gQVCT5PnMJ6FP4-cTaU6SZraoNGk8H85WAlA9v3sr8Qr3sPEbpsXXixoD_RnlRbpqfi8sadc-oyZGNYOKZb6AJhsGwY50VtlwMIFc-ZUTzN8feEVyS-1XlfuyuXR9c_N4MWi/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-2.jpg)
They swarm in the canopy, where males are searching for females.
![Eurythyrea austriaca male](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNN4jYcYH-lmZpWuscceyEhm2Azd6c_eCzrNqF0-bYexXsWamrbrsC-UTvY_q_9OWfdKCQHvTt2Z5z8FqNVvMirdX5vYc43Q8i-hbCfkp0JP9ET7E2Kw40_eCgTNoV6Uuz0Ev8QwDh8IbC/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-3.jpg)
![Eurythyrea austriaca male](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZAEvUoE5K77qhNAriB0jbVINbQfl5NXh0RxgpGlXByA9U1DH4uzeGD6f2GY9JReoPz1iR5Lz2U90izZhW2FymmOjoT_Qcm3N6QBvYM1wYFrZ5d8hg0v7LHj3zRDEmtGd7gy2X2Vm7taR/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-4.jpg)
Males of Eurythyrea austriaca (Linnaeus, 1767) are smaller than females, and have bigger, more protuberant eyes.
![Back home](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjwiEbxdZpnRofqMdSxhb32UiG3jGeGC1iuEKICTcYv9-ub8W7PKdb8XuqsZ8mfEb-aNFdnCaRBVSXwLXkxlagEjdeQk_HeU4PLMbuhqiy3HeyvO5k9BoAp187QI40KngO0168FlYvMPw/s1600/Csorna.jpg)
At home already: Csorna, Győr-Moson-Sopron county.
Translated by O. Merkl & T. Németh
Travelling in the morning, arrival to Senj in the afternoon and collecting near to the coast.
![Ogulin](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrCeKpBHa8PFDzvXE7ZcbHNFhRGUw_PrzCzesP5qbwrjtmbzzMnnlPLpXBd3eeXIp6RCHBfRUXK_UoHIwUbqJYtyFnK9PWAqnqZMXftmDDQ7567FqEtaw1aMs0ssnQ_CS3cJHj5fm91aT/s1600/Ogulin.jpg)
An old water mill at river Dobra near Ogulin.
![Cyclamen purpurascens](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgQ9BjCv1jRdfagxdfJ6ARW4iD5tD_qPa8jm0RoqVZKQDKqYK12fyjrxlViBB1Fh-D3TSYMcCcRcR1evey7IoljJ5DQulGqRIcnQa3xa_2lVSoDSSygDkoU4NaT_GrYi9WH0kUa-O4MRQ/s1600/Cyclamen-purpurascens.jpg)
Flowering Cyclamen purpurascens Mill. mark the end of summer.
![Sjeverni Velebit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4X1MNm5gtMsv3lCPgRAUWj1j8IXCtK94cDLqdL4YE9sbQAgcs0IZWcYRpSDxAKSlyJGxZeDxYkc-7JEFsZZH4nBumnikPctDmmqT77pGv6wbooux1jVK_XN5BhH39DeVqmSw8sYPbCfU/s1600/Velebit-1.jpg)
At the town of Senj the sea and the Velebit Mountains showed their somber side.
![Senj](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCY9H16IviEd2-deWvRo0VItQxWluUdU5pmg0JxSYe8mvELLD8y0kU5_WTIkfz1cUGGlTv7I5Fds91wMmJmC_yEUkBtp2Pnsysxnt0YTzS4YmM19Bpyy8KcoTuUEkVGSImm_t0FJe1yJJ/s1600/Senj-1.jpg)
The day started at castle of Nehaj, with examining black pines (Pinus nigra Arn.)
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9crm3w8YFaG5mI2kjbBdCgG9LcVwzNQyXftoa9xf_RkG18UGJKk7GtXgwVc6PlZSvb-0oclqSs9TBfxenZ2o6c0xkfjbWC_k0g0fSeTjzNUF6k9EFnIM-5L8KtRPpP8vjXbckmlcR31B/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-1.jpg)
An adult Chalcophora intermedia Rey, 1890 is already peeking out from its exit hole.
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyNh25I4WJ3J4PXzJg6kYPyizVdIseQmsGCXthDpeFxgFNYBlIJUXyWAZg0a1hgv-Y1v0k89kGWQyCvSyEyuHUpCWaauXKfmgXLPauSe7bpZwjgeB7HXpTIPuZjMkXFiJiWo523KXphJT/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-2.jpg)
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoORvVlQMhfwucXSpIVcSA3dLSWmQUVnkHfTKRIK80CYtA8b_zmTuEDTqaBCWlbDD8NIZtoQmILhuFOvixxzSDg51-7K1EWX0BvxdXFaDmTuBt56Pa9YSiefNfz6H87ZRlo-9qyLRbqsux/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-3.jpg)
In the cold weather, we found a few live specimens, flattening themselves against the tree trunk.
![Nothorhina muricata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrxQid7Stmt6ODVQlUf46wcp0XfTZJffIr_-33v3_GZg_QOUtQuoVjIsfa1shGonMv7ywM0VGOROsI3GBxH8Mi_pjdv1fMIbCWsWwBaB07q3-m0ACcWfkfeOiyYmQDGegHjIuRP-grnvX/s1600/Nothorhina-muricata-1.jpg)
Because of the rain, some longhorns were hiding under bark.
![Nothorhina muricata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmeujfCZkZKFuk9wlQSlocuxQd6qaPFHWqapbJj0bEOmd3pvHbhzqou0-u0GyKJ9gQtuCK1Omwih5K3-P15FypmELI0h6A5eaLZDQEzxMQyr0-Y_dJ8A1RgAoqW3SgNmR4jxRZs6ovQcL/s1600/Nothorhina-muricata-2.jpg)
The usually agile Nothorhina muricata (Dalman, 1817) was easy to catch.
![Camp Ujča](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuuvEl88NwjkNlsZlTNUIoLKbIUd62iijHyvPFwF75J2lQ2n05hCGrwRALYBEELw3dhDF0PnDqSB4xfnnoz1PSAxxsV1Ovz1rgC4R6HBDSv3qC0PPK_0kD0qLPKY6EqXHPb5uw1uoUgAE/s1600/Ujca-camp.jpg)
We set up our tents in a nearby camp-site.
![Look for Parmena](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh-sPpS1W1UijhaAyulkAncyDGUcrx8Ka8-FLkgx4vSdpCotpmAEv9ciPLtUDBclXCXcyQL3stDgDZmxQzUmSmW70IEK4sZLfHq6JS1SW88AvhaisOXbFMuXHzsabq7xUrsPUPIO2ZRlc/s1600/Parmena-search.jpg)
On the shore we looked for night-active beetles with the help of torches. On rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum L.) small longhorns, Parmena pubescens (Dalman, 1817) were found.
![Niphona picticornis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzWb_849GoZRjWTY2-QetnMmqoW7xDyFT2FaNDFf48OmLvbYcbGxpoNxqRAam9mAqXtId3Jz_BHFF2Ql-jxLcmwZyTGO1Rd9NPil7mTo1O67VgYn05E8XoUH_lxlJ6huy-n6PTGtIw-up/s1600/Niphona-picticornis-1.jpg)
![Niphona picticornis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzN41cSDS7BWLEXG52A4GsBypDOwkLYIh9f22tpVhpD9LwZXlxVomOGSaNB_CDNWxX8oMKP3U1cOhmwhQEto1vZzZJCwUxVyhDJepvzI0EXcqBSeN02l-NGhH2QL6ZTcEU_5-4S__TD5KY/s1600/Niphona-picticornis-2.jpg)
Niphona picticornis Mulsant, 1839 is also active at night.
11th of August, Saturday
Collecting in the Velebit Mountains near to Štirovača on 1100 meters.
![Velebit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gMJ8x5KfGPKCmBZ8VJiuDgYcSQJr8V0WiZU-5FpUNOb2kgCYmN1UbaTUDEE8jbHPh3zdABYCzS6KjUQ65g-ycREN8-bnDXo5r8Uf078BxnGuoMLD5QWxJXhfFj_XuKPaUAr-jem-KHD8/s1600/Velebit-2.jpg)
We moved to upper regions. The landscape before Krasno.
![Velebit](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP0RjUA-4Y14vAdeCC8vEYhKKtB-d6Szotu-OzxvOI89I8o4VeaqoMwLbysK7ngqtOmV4_EW2KOXxUad4Kq2bSx_LwpVhhMCSppOApMRRfXWd5d3O1Dyv6M9Gs_opJdM8LbnJqQJQYSOB/s1600/Velebit-3.jpg)
We found freshly cut trunks of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) near Štirovača.
![Anguis fragilis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiOmZE0u25syip5Ojrw5NTB2u5O2VqheGRCyGc2cXjeFQt8_A3YZ76xPVZXcXGvUpxYXhVDw6U4iSLt8Z2pFko8m9D6mAGbrNvxtxWtZUhW5mSakvTrxr1kP5p_0lO0SoKcrbC4GhWsvz/s1600/Anguis-fragilis.jpg)
In the logs, decaying for years, not only beetle larvae could be found, but reptiles and amphibians were hiding. A young Slow Worm, Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758.
![Mesotriton alpestris](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwA4_uNhlN7vIoNlOdfj2-Z9XQGagK1HShVvxjnOi6-BLpeWIDLlTFh2HtVI_Vnt7w7NLwrsIzaxW5JO7N3pUh2LyZ5p-HmdaZjAAwB3_-usmgD5K395pJ9EsJpGDqZEQlVtHIeyOQIJp9/s1600/Mesotriton-alpestris-1.jpg)
![Mesotriton alpestris](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FbPj_1m3R9J5d1K0GVS5y6QG7bKsHxWi_i1WgJqsIcRMBEQ26PX1jXSYtWSF8xYqZglcrBtaTMv6Laqe1cjygVXPvMh8QEnGD915SnbZ1o2GsJX1X7z3WxxDVQkLGnrjSbBdAXCx8ZFc/s1600/Mesotriton-alpestris-2.jpg)
A male Alpine Newt, Mesotriton alpestris (Laurenti, 1768).
![Tragosoma depsarium - larva](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInqQtydIKFbV5LZa_ySa9ShnTqTzYeOdOacCuEQe8FDwQeRAqMGRzYae7R33a6kIdCKwWeH1PaVYNf0RJX1g-SVbMzMQNpxydF1soqOunHB16m6i5028Q24PiJxR6p7iHaCAXybDSBqL_/s1600/Tragosoma-larva.jpg)
This larva of Tragosoma depsarium (Linnaeus, 1767) perhaps has only a year for the adult to emerge.
![Tragosoma depsarium](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcelQLlrokWb-V4e8tsmn367tTN_W0S3IJOzy0z8m0tRgyzb1-GtwqK2a5zEiksQFi0UeLmTndHykBBDQ5_UoqaeTWpXgNg81BqLifj9AvKumYEDbh4_6Ukctge-l7DHBo3m5wbH546Za_/s1600/Tragosoma-depsarium.jpg)
This male Tragosoma depsarium (Linnaeus, 1767) was found in his pupal cell.
12th of August, Sunday
That day we were collecting on 300 m, and on 1000 m in the afternoon, beyond Oltari.
![Chalcophora intermedia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKtC8Hh3u6-0gZo5FZy3IpIrMdBfX1VyIlscjWu76oXbzTwMkdEt_Vdd9lUYeTqkTVn6fozydDd1iNTg8uc5cNjz3I7Ugac1GmvbzITTV6phexcD5GZRmIDBcrRh4Ujvy1A7P1QAG5Xjt/s1600/Chalcophora-intermedia-4.jpg)
While beating black pines, different jewel beetles were collected. The first was Chalcophora intermedia Rey, 1890.
![Dicerca moesta](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIE0fvDes7ThserFKTJE9FA2vT3nrda7n1t9NpliIiS405ze-CIa2nfHHGZx5NB5mtnNS7Z1QWQRpX8Ro-fD-OSW3sFpPG6ZSvHH8SmgdUPMQW_Vqp-9fYM460GMT9is9_spvJOrNfNEu/s1600/Dicerca-moesta.jpg)
Freshly emerged individual of Dicerca moesta (Fabricius, 1794).
![Buprestis octoguttata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52_voFSfgl2goBGyRfDhPrBGV2RiSe0BQkVOlikCuOq_cl4S4PmlkjYQtfB_9HfxSTDI7Ar-4lpq-YepiacOcd9AhM1W1lTfz07MjO7QayuV9nROuD1DUWVWpQcP1UNuPifdlAmmBRQ6-/s1600/Buprestis-octoguttata-2.jpg)
![Buprestis octoguttata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUs24W2g6u3nZ5ZQZY29N386b1YWjnzyBIXQShLx_eJEFcEDRz0q53zdDXNDj5K5QQ8sUoyI3HyfaPw8vbEakAQtlewLj575yH5oToFF23-Jjiq_RYQICYOTMis8BSFoKzSgB4GDvs5VM/s1600/Buprestis-octoguttata-1.jpg)
The small-sized Buprestis octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758 was active on living...
![Buprestis octoguttata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Li7P0djKvb-g2tRK3YkO57DxdC25g3Iyz32FJYMIQ3Ex8ue6IejCztXk7K7saxe4FGr79nuW1KkoFUQqq1J6DHerJsWGkZiNC7jnlzbpSXzVnGeHv5Wy9Uid4lJ0HSrfA7qZwnNP0yWl/s1600/Buprestis-octoguttata.jpg)
...and dead trees as well.
![Pogonocherus perroudi](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYr1KZJrdT7jn4e-7BL9T0QpYSNOa6vrthOEQwv1jPRpt23KE1qTgsXyjC1jhpMD9uyoE2IfoCIlUxxSGNheo48BL0gWQ-KGe_qsOCr1l0skF0xU2aKh1pQFsbh1MCfoBoD3nUB1CSCps/s1600/Pogonocherus-perroudi.jpg)
On dry pine branches Pogonocherus perroudi Mulsant, 1839 can be found.
![Buprestis novemmaculata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSr0U8xQmVIwkSQzgpL9UDZP33ek9eQurglniHGSShbIN9ql3kjuf2t2MsQoWEs92aSKps4gUpZjwKTWsD_rhFyHlARpZ83rvnMAAlpS9HvMN9J9pDvVovPuwZdsLk54K8IIOf0N8VIvNY/s1600/Buprestis-novemmaculata-1.jpg)
![Buprestis novemmaculata](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dEPWcHFyWvV28PTuPn5N4Oj2rNnFLC69C0wweox7qQPxNVUCQieoXiec-CxioGmvrXGF41aLpl9zYyJ8eWl2ApmeHE0Ig3ysXPipPTWuJdPkh17ruLqhLuXela0rTspWCIgpO3rEK6wI/s1600/Buprestis-novemmaculata-2.jpg)
Buprestis novemmaculata Linnaeus, 1767 were swarming on dry, cut out pine trunks.
![Algyroides nigropunctatus - juv.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IKHbsgVIMjeeT203ALllzp-uHTm9S3Ulot6N2LMTFyYVqSCnrqVyo6j2_qUoEVfBDfyCTZU0rzTzEAU8ezjtFsfk2WKpZiiC76cBjth58mfYsK8xTBsHRCwOSNBOi7oq6fQV2e9H5VLC/s1600/Algyroides-nigropunctatus.jpg)
A young Blue-throated Keeled Lizard, Algyroides nigropunctatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).
![Podarcis melisellensis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlYAtDIkN41O9cGsh9evPT4Q-na5C0pCi9oUQeSb3gO6vBj9wetdaEKHxn1_zbFOzCMnHXHk6nL1m84-eG6s2XB9s-e1SQTtIMVqBjxbeu7aR6uK9NT5mLhNCDYi4T_t0oO2eclue0l-G/s1600/Podarcis-melisellensis-1.jpg)
A colourful Dalmatian Wall Lizard, Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877).
![Podarcis melisellensis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxTh8TtKfhH0himh5_iaKr_aMhyphenhyphenHy2wmltZrW1Elulj4VCOEcntoePUO1RRP9Rx1pD03HpRJJN508DL5eyOteh6agDboGVZ9Oo7j3AHyHgZFn8IVoIRwLctxeZv8mZ7oTtkKg19FrQ105/s1600/Podarcis-melisellensis-2.jpg)
Its curiosity made it possible to approach.
![Oltari](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmjFTy3jSvuUfzAkSK6aKsxM6oYMcRCIC308n2wdQRdS_edBKMdhNhxw8cn8L316d0lHYrYhl52skOs0Su1t088J3q5qsEoNafuMDbUtwqjELgoqQ72MvuhnJfOTDG_aMA35aVeHT2bsw/s1600/Oltari.jpg)
Above the village of Oltari, we continued the collecting in a forest of European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.). We opened dry branches and logs, looking for beetles.
![Pogonocherus eugeniae](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUzYPtcXZORxTkMhjJSVou9rqet6LJF2hacew1zual174w6JcDSuWPNNt0xHswpkIi08qUYSEnHfqebMkfqQ4Hg3Eau-crhIeyGaU_X0vYUwnJO7vxUE0w6RdcqILQf30NRfqYD6qMcI1h/s1600/Pogonocherus-eugeniae-1.jpg)
![Pogonocherus eugeniae](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vrVrMZfJsVbg6bLs1ekt-a99Vt8nGA79OzDVa5ckgmhDc8GYGvJpdUhqImSL4fVM4mARR_dFUy7plKxO21GGEfXEVY0yFkQJOSAVAzX1b4y4m_beQ-YOlLpDu0PjZ7wAltOv8QyTtWDB/s1600/Pogonocherus-eugeniae-2.jpg)
András found individuals of Pogonocherus eugeniae Gaglbauer, 1891, which were already resting in their pupal cell.
![Xylosteus spinolae](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0gDVVjAjvdiiBgNVndGMPeM1rVT1Lc7yNzffD_N_ZSyQEm1Gkmt7VLMb1SHMd61yt7s-Yu1020xTcQjlbfWTUUOdqmXks4NYNpMiCMz2UFZUMTbCRnDrhEmiDarbPkeXMLq-CCVBKEAe/s1600/Xylosteus-spinolae.jpg)
And Győző found a dead Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838, in a dry trunk of a silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)
13th of August, Monday
In the morning: collecting in Kapela on the way home.
![Kapela](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpmzq3dfJwUHWpiNJ8ykE-wteZ3UjeHjug2GE0EGcgfvfOn-hCItZK2ACoWP4mkM4H2lMa6EbTRuzslosBmGv5IVFAiiUNVRVNjzlDAmuU7duX0X-G6v6TTbfZRK5ltv2mnV3XLarnEfc/s1600/Modrus.jpg)
We stopped at Modruš, where logs of European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) attracted buprestids.
![Eurythyrea austriaca female](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjtRcjlks0_PdWZuL0UUnhK5oCYZjslPfueowAXIbmvcqPAHUDbgCEnbLDuyITv7ufWCZ6hDQwblTP1sJL2zO_it0mYqCTuCiJlWc-rYsRyy__Rh0vvpMzj_KDMSbqwY8k9rEZ3boCqwi/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca.jpg)
![Eurythyrea austriaca female](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tkMnlyvOuHW6vq0WTGL7fjDKa4zOy7U604-8kaLksgL5y1vJiX_sdJcAN_baIH_y-yz_gYVSCMWrsGJGaI8s9_3t8q7E75mI-lzt4X5j4s5dfAny1jXYY9tHUBrdfqAGau-E-no8g68f/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-1.jpg)
Females of Eurythyrea austriaca (Linnaeus, 1767) came down from the heights of the trees to lay eggs to the trunk of dead trees.
![Eurythyrea austriaca female](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtcLYcH96gQVCT5PnMJ6FP4-cTaU6SZraoNGk8H85WAlA9v3sr8Qr3sPEbpsXXixoD_RnlRbpqfi8sadc-oyZGNYOKZb6AJhsGwY50VtlwMIFc-ZUTzN8feEVyS-1XlfuyuXR9c_N4MWi/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-2.jpg)
They swarm in the canopy, where males are searching for females.
![Eurythyrea austriaca male](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNN4jYcYH-lmZpWuscceyEhm2Azd6c_eCzrNqF0-bYexXsWamrbrsC-UTvY_q_9OWfdKCQHvTt2Z5z8FqNVvMirdX5vYc43Q8i-hbCfkp0JP9ET7E2Kw40_eCgTNoV6Uuz0Ev8QwDh8IbC/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-3.jpg)
![Eurythyrea austriaca male](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZAEvUoE5K77qhNAriB0jbVINbQfl5NXh0RxgpGlXByA9U1DH4uzeGD6f2GY9JReoPz1iR5Lz2U90izZhW2FymmOjoT_Qcm3N6QBvYM1wYFrZ5d8hg0v7LHj3zRDEmtGd7gy2X2Vm7taR/s1600/Eurythyrea-austriaca-4.jpg)
Males of Eurythyrea austriaca (Linnaeus, 1767) are smaller than females, and have bigger, more protuberant eyes.
![Back home](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjwiEbxdZpnRofqMdSxhb32UiG3jGeGC1iuEKICTcYv9-ub8W7PKdb8XuqsZ8mfEb-aNFdnCaRBVSXwLXkxlagEjdeQk_HeU4PLMbuhqiy3HeyvO5k9BoAp187QI40KngO0168FlYvMPw/s1600/Csorna.jpg)
At home already: Csorna, Győr-Moson-Sopron county.
Translated by O. Merkl & T. Németh