A session describing why and how to monitor beneficial beetles on farms. This will focus on carabid beetles (which eat crop pests and weed seeds), dung beetles (which cycle cattle dung, improving pastures and reducing associated pests) and the farm measures that can encourage abundance and diversity of species in different systems. Attendees will learn why and how to trap beneficial beetles on their farms, and there will be a practical demonstration of beetle ID with microscopes, with a free Farmland Carabid ID guide for attendees. Farmers are encouraged to ‘bring a beetle’ or photos of beetles from their farm for everyone to look at.

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