Hope through co-operation Can beetle conservation make the world feel a little better? At the present time it’s not always easy to feel good about the world but hopefully this will help. Last year, Forestry England told us they might have found a site for a trial introduction of scarlet malachite beetles. We have a […]
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What we have discovered about scarlet malachite beetles and the consequences for the conservation of the species We’ve had the pleasure of working on the scarlet malachite beetle conservation project for many years. Their species is in decline in the UK. We’re attempting to reduce that decline. Here are some of our findings. Thatch Courtship
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A Study in Scarlet Introduction – Breakthroughs We had some breakthroughs in 2021 and 22. Slowly but surely through managing and monitoring our little scarlet malachite beetle nursery cottages, we accumulated enough confidence to have another go at captive breeding, really just to find out what the larvae (beetle grubs) eat. Are they specialists on
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