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Bremsenfallen fangen sehr viel mehr Nichtziel-Insekten als Bremsen und sollten in heutigen Zeiten zumindest genehmigungspflichtig werden. www.nul-online.de/article-8153...

Triops cancriformis in an overgrown water buffalo wallow on the village pasture of Mercheasa, Romania.

2 stunning males of Cerambyx cerdo on the wonderful oak pasture of Mercheasa, Romania.

Springfrosch (Rana dalmatina) on the pasture of Mercheasa.

A lifer for me on the village pasture of Mercheasa, Romania: Lathyrus nissolia.

Wunderschön blühende Weiderasen in dorfferneren Bereichen der Dorfweide Mercheasa, Rumänien.

Bug orchid (Orchis coriophora) on the common pasture of Mercheasa, Romania.

Fresh bear tracks on the pasture of Mercheasa.

Oak pasture of Mercheasa. Here with lot of juniper, with pear trees and thyme.

The oldest oak of the Mercheasa pasture is >900 years old and almost 3m wide.

Aber wo der Schlammpeitzger wohnt, ist das Moderlieschen nicht weit!

Wow! Bear near Mercheasa!

Die wunderschöne Dorfweide von Burcioaia am Siret-Fluss. Leider nicht mehr behirtet, aber zumindest gezäunt. Tolle Zikaden, Blauracke, Schwarzstirnwürger, Turteltaube u.v.m. Die Hutebäume sind v.a. Schwarz- & Silberpappeln. Clou gerade jetzt: die ganze Gegend duftet betörend nach den Ölweidenblüten.

The star of the evening on the Bistritz floodplain. What a beauty! Photo: Egon Lind.

Who can explain such holes in loess hills? More than 3 m deep, the opening about 1 m in diameter.

Seekuh, die: Glückliches Haustier, das ungehindert in der Landschaft ans Wasser darf, um sich das Euter zu kühlen. Gesehen an der Bistritz bei Kreuzburg.

Red-bellied toad down in the floodplain last evening, now yellow-bellied toad now up here on a hill in a puddle. Above Kreuzburg an der Bistritz.

Copris lunaris attracted by light in hotel in Romania.

Froghopper catch on a Romanian cattle pasture. Just about 20 sweepnet beats, most of it is Neophilaenus campestris.

Another beautiful patch of the Bistritz floodplain in Romania.

The nicest place we have seen on this trip through Romania so far. Floodplains of the river Bistritz near Kreuzburg, grazed with horses and cattle and an amazing relief. Wonderful atmosphere and scenery.

Myricaria germanica an der unregulierten Moldova in Rumänien.

GREAT movie on the village pasture of Pufesti, Romania: predatory Emus hirtus fighting down a dung beetle. Filmed by Josepha Hirsch.

Google-Übersetzung einer rumänischen Speisekarte. Bauchsuppe = Pansensuppe, Vogelsuppe = Hühnersuppe.

Ophioglossum vulgatum an Trittstellen auf der Eichenweide Dorolea, Rumänien.