Everything about Beetle Bank totally explained
In
agriculture, a
beetle bank is a strip of
grass or
perennial plants in a field that provide
habitat which fosters and provides cover for
insects hostile to pests.
They are used as a form of
biological pest control to reduce or replace the use of
insecticides.
Beetle banks can also serve as habitat for birds and rodents.
Origin
According to a March 2005 draft entry for the
Oxford English Dictionary, the term first came into use in the early
1990s, with published examples including the August 22, 1992 issue of the
New Scientist and an October 12, 1994 reference in
The Guardian society section:
» ‘Beetle banks’, a recent initiative by the
Game Conservancy Trust, would also help encourage ground-nesting birds while creating cover for
aphid-eating bugs with more pay-off in savings on
aphicides.
As of 2005 the website of the Game Conservancy Trust notes that the organization invented beetle banks in collaboration with the
University of Southampton.
In practice
- Beetle banks are for example used to lure Chrysoperla carnea and ichneumon flies. Belts are for example created made up from sunflowers, Vicia faba, Centaurea cyanus, coriander, Borage, and Buckwheat.
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