![Vértes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtW2yKGoRupJbuYS6xy-0uwGLr-o28z-raJqOE_Fhspf4pnEF1YngW8BtBD0q1r3Nok5veXin0PWEzk2neBMq4rPUL-_JYfnf8HhwGsY2MtVOdvCGnxIUeDGQl_SEGaYgFG7fUhLFPqEg/s1600/Vertes-1.jpg)
On a clearing, in the rotting part of a dried out and fallen wild pear, we found the small lucanid beetle, Aesalus scarabaeoides (Panzer, 1794).
![Vértes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyP5B4XRod3-Ij95znOpQBPRkFt_2ImrKA5s4wo1IteHvCcGrRYWajUEmkmVLzp60oOUSqyXJi8Gljt_kiUIPTotU0sy3um6pSMLhb3v3uT9OUWRA59LdU6Bw4HxhyphenhyphenjttH0-M85xPExF7C/s1600/Turan-kert.jpg)
The cavity and the rotting part of a collapsed old oak hide interesting beetles.
![Vértes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8K3KgpLUrETBdicSpaiWbApkGKMvsZ5-m2pl9HAh3k67ZRuqt29RBQF6QBRU5egSCo09bWZlQ3JBFTMgxncXgGpJFe1N1yCRLsD6YSV2iSf1EQ0jRQra4Oc2EHHcfb872VF4tyK8mdp4h/s1600/Quercus.jpg)
If you find this kind of red rot, some click beetles can be revealed almost certainly,
![Ampedus praeustus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8I5WlSpOa5G89Xv36lMu3TTRYPxJKs8KxDXEMXRI6i7E8QHFj9ywJFGa_CvcyieecVLIjxvUOiGfGGEsMBPIBiydCCr02NLTiZd9Ave6E5d4CNdKh2nULQE3Rryne1YxhltV09JgFKAV/s1600/Ampedus-praeustus-1.jpg)
![Ampedus praeustus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTrbqkpTTI3YLYF4DjYHZyCcJc8y8efk-4fzmvYyp2AP78adbK6x1xiL17pHNmiUsBkBkXrxgYmbhVNLKfx6EuimCps3Ri2kH64vKqz1r9mDy2mGrfIjbvZdDBOXLrOe8kxACKdgkct1k/s1600/Ampedus-praeustus-2.jpg)
for instance, Ampedus praeustus (Fabricius, 1792),
![Ampedus nigerrimus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vEgPs6qAFwWZXthVgZdsZ8T8Z2QSgAKaejr-tRC9tmF8W-_bYSJ0bDgcqJh_6q1SBaUCUUkgUWlEl6gpKvfmaqBRfX481p1vvgIRcyW8yknBUWfiz2PP_RJuVF_jKC7T6x5sdM93GIvL/s1600/Ampedus-nigerrimus.jpg)
or the unicoloured Ampedus nigerrimus (Lacordaire, 1835).
![Hypulus quercinus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAKSyQx5O51oquC4kEQhuyHT4RiF2cEiQJA2bebdlx2YRkwcRR5OeMwRT-b3gAYMUhSXdcUdDfgdFeTMcN0HJHmN1K8leIhrlszrnN95cux0xV-q7c9nHZSOTf3bqjuEDkCfJ2oC-Ox_l/s1600/Hypulus-quercinus.jpg)
The family of false darkling beetles were represented by Hypulus quercinus (Quensel, 1790).
![Fenyves](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYUe4A5L_6ELnqeS7J847YLkMEk9ne1v5EHYnyK47EnBmhJdgNyiSka8bq1ZGHxXk36kG7GYYFeNsn8secfSNaoph7PtnHtvGVhTky2DV8IdqzbKWoIZ4jr72ibQuhz7BmSkQS9CgB0FP/s1600/Fenyves.jpg)
Here and there we met planted pine stands (Pinus nigra and Pinus sylvestris).
![Chalcophora mariana (exit holes)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XL9OUilC6yhyJ6TUEe6mlPq1905CNTGqZvRvOHBkCXTqBcdNTwzw3XcauCqBnPUv2ZKSEmlXF9IJhGhJvcQrKAtbDig18wYWbJlzS8RVMATonuLz01qHrj7ATZnQN4fMmSL_dyG89u7E/s1600/Chalcophora-mariana-eh.jpg)
On the fallen, dry trunks, exit holes of our largest jewel beetle, Chalcophora mariana [Linnaeus, 1758] can be seen.
![Chalcophora mariana (larva)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Par8nXGO-AFwbIWPaW_taJCoy0R7YwQ2sAWgVZveQsBwRyWnjoEzrngDyf1Z_RzPBeOF5_nNwrCSX_dAUFt4zQA5utLw_YKg_w8ae_CqaMjxnzSF8HYUcFGY8UdbGDptrHlWOogOvDIl/s1600/Chalcophora-mariana-larva-1.jpg)
![Chalcophora mariana (larva)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy3iJ4MTDz8vypWmJKbEEdMYElYFb0Hdf10PvsLsVxCbQR5aR4ECxgz6C7SuOv0VogMSm7YNmj8fY2yXuspW_N_lglrd3EY7Ro-u-s2gdmsaHNe2_HginRlwI2UvlsBVdYuQahVz25KJKe/s1600/Chalcophora-mariana-larva-2.jpg)
Its larva grows up to six centimetres.
![Csákvári-berek](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSR1sqDVqxzyVgf_pDz5CAml5pY6pik3YMP4zfcE973vG4TJckN35iQtSWMfhCPZopqOR4-jszt3ZSfbKkt-uZ1VhDK9azuZHd1cyYKsLwectjLpcx0leH2fQH-G8JTldIKPJ-P3BXGJe4/s1600/Csakvari-berek.jpg)
An artificial pond provides breeding place for the amphibians of the forest.
![Természetvédelem vs. vadászat](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl7_-_Vohm-6XQGV7VPfHByHYByQyJh8X7v0ApLehAZMxQXHOUa4JqfE1gtDdaDbJj7Qi5uIIE5P6aChEaBahFSVt2Jpl2QbhnCKf_QFK6UFjGwohlUqC1fUncTigok1-DyWC8zHWTiqu/s1600/Vadaszat.jpg)
SO WHAT?!
(The upper panel reads: “Strictly protected area, it is forbidden to disturb nature!” The paper below says: “On the 26th of January it is prohibited to trespass because of hunting!”)
![Mindszentpuszta](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wTuhPtbnV0EAvdraKakN_lff_D6I3lWU3xcMp8q5jBjpm6pQpDh6NUHu8BRAB-SwaB81yX_DdOWIEzycF-l92DUfNe870vmGcbcbdct8ulpahpD_bBVszmUpTCOa1rU8RlEgW77vpND7/s1600/Mindszentpuszta-2.jpg)
At last we arrived at a beech forest to admire the huge, gloomy trees.
![Mindszentpuszta](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgB7bg0V6vW_rRrlfTPw9tuWvOCBWkcGL-mJH_cvaBiOJXQ7cDMKH1QwU-evZxsHepqzVaYixMdVT9Bm0kqlmyKqTLdhSdA6x_uI05fpE89fgdiaSvd1gVWbMP0_Y6VZjTzNqksNYCt7Z/s1600/Mindszentpuszta-1.jpg)
Several, already dead trees were still standing.
![Mindszentpuszta](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAxMpTyHQFvK82ZG1aT5A2t7wY0-td01bgm0Mez3tQYtrIrOSBFMW-nCNogDH0IPfkZOK1tFHOAOZwlGBVI2lt1VPx5oJy99EqKujDk2z1_SHLTNOG34aj8qAlXmZkCCYUhjTn2amCRgn/s1600/Mindszentpuszta-3.jpg)
The cut-out or fallen trunks are rotting, inside them several arthropods overwinter or
develop.
![Thymalus limbatus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Xrdhq0JeYNdJC5yrrw1NnI7m7sYshrAqj71B_6301kceN4UXqC7rD4Ae5-7HVJy5XMZdWHm_r9qgdmd2AcMn_2mXlEiQxjHx9lsJXcb9DRYLKwdHkZ29G61n6eXoec3DLXNofYyEtV51/s1600/Thymalus-limbatus.jpg)
This curiously shaped Thymalus limbatus (Fabricius, 1787) belongs to the family of the bark-gnawing beetles (Trogossitidae).
![Daphne laureola](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YceMR7nf5rVBQEQtuma1g1dtXe1DkMOmFPAY4ZyX0R3Sw_7AGRtW2D7DS7zj8M1XhiHV3K5wXe4k6fISlH1mQfQO3v6kL2L7ro-rBSazW_7fm26nB8z67XmpJGcHAF_RbmAsJfTE4iSW/s1600/Daphne-laureola-1.jpg)
The evergreen spurge laurel (Daphne laureola L.) is our protected and rare plant.
![Daphne laureola](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeY4zlNfthNLlm-5tvGvfZZ-SJ0JJOmH2oqBbVpkfG_LqHo_m6jpobAQCn3jNaDPVilqs6SZcrHXBI3KpFuEdKw5-newgqq0VCU_1QuzId6O4lvT2zxSa_dsazwnksOQGAAyu3sZ4HE3JW/s1600/Daphne-laureola-2.jpg)
The buds, hiding at the base of the leaves are waiting for the flowering in April.
![Eurythyrea quercus (exit holes)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNRBx8nJq8vCJKgqmWI8UGbukI-mzvdrCrapGFPJOlRdEvIuXLN3HcCTVKdsYFULyzXccGW5Ui3txQ41f08yHIWoMcHGGhsgFKV7ggFHaSiW8lG6Wo_ZC_Q9vAW7XEpS9R5Y-8YIWO5xs/s1600/Eurythyrea-eh.jpg)
On an old oak log, exit holes sign the presence of Eurythyrea quercus (Herbst, 1780).
![Boksák](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1AjRRDGP117LHk3jybxSmU1YUn9FaR2JvM7TXzmu-aOpH9LxqEoDilRO-yGT7a4p61Q0IUzLxNb3I-RzHsHWz9cGJdL1Wla4mXofxaF2Y_LiwQT7HsQH1SRAaX3WBH9Yu1UYdYiUk25A/s1600/Boksak.jpg)
From the past: piled billets of wood for making charcoal.
Translated by O. Merkl & T. Németh