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A strip around a field left fallow to serve as a beetle bank

In agriculture and horticulture, a beetle bank is a form of biological pest control. It is a strip, preferably raised, planted with grasses (bunch grasses) and/or perennial plants, within a crop field or a garden, that fosters and provides habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and other fauna that prey on pests.

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Beetle bank

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In agriculture and horticulture, a beetle bank is a form of biological pest control. It is a strip, preferably raised, planted with grasses (bunch grasses)...

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Conservation headland

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Great Britain. Trials have taken place in southern Sweden. See also: beetle bank Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust information on Conservation Headlands...

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Dead hedge

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woodland management, such as coppicing. Its ecological succession can be a beetle bank or hedge. In coppicing, dead hedges are useful for keeping compartments...

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Japanese beetle

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The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered...

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Longhorn beetle

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The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family...

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Beetle Bailey

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Beetle Bailey is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker, published since September 4, 1950. It is set on a fictional United States Army...

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Tansy beetle

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The tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis) is a species of leaf beetle. The common name derives from its main foodplant, tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), but it...

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Vicia

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anymore. The robust plants are useful as a beetle bank to provide habitat and shelter for carnivorous beetles and other arthropods to keep down pest invertebrates...

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Ground beetle

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Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in...

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Index of environmental articles

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Bali Communiqué Bali roadmap Basel Convention Bees and toxic chemicals Beetle bank Bering Sea Arbitration Bhopal disaster Bicycle-friendly Big Green Gathering...

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Bee beetle

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The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae. They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra...

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Khapra beetle

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The khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), also called cabinet beetle, which originated in South Asia, is one of the world's most destructive pests of...

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Biological pest control

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manipulation. Providing a suitable habitat, such as a shelterbelt, hedgerow, or beetle bank where beneficial insects such as parasitoidal wasps can live and reproduce...

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Tiger beetle

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Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger...

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Insect hotel

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Insect hotel in the Czech Republic Insect hotel in the Czech Republic Beetle bank Dead hedge Hibernaculum (zoology) Insectary plant Nest box Roach Motel...

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Musk beetle

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The musk beetle (Aromia moschata) is a Eurasian species of longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribe Callichromatini. Its name comes...

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Monochamus galloprovincialis

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galloprovincialis, the pine sawyer beetle, also referred to as the black pine sawyer beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was...

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Centaurea

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fields. These areas are known as beetle banks, though they support and attract a diversity of beneficial life beyond beetles. When certain Centaurea species...

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Beetle and Wedge

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The Beetle and Wedge Boathouse is a restaurant set on the site of the Moulsford ferry service, on a bank of the River Thames on Ferry Lane in Moulsford...

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Goliathus

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The Goliath beetles (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are any of the five species in the genus Goliathus. Goliath beetles are among the largest...

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Great diving beetle

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The great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and in the UK is common in Wales, much of...

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Mealworm

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larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. The yellow mealworm beetle prefers a warmer climate and higher...

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Dermestes lardarius

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commonly known as the larder beetle or moisture bug, is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. It is found worldwide. It is...

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Clytus arietis

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Clytus arietis, the wasp beetle, is a wasp-mimicking longhorn beetle species in the genus Clytus. It reaches 9–18 millimetres (0.35–0.71 in) in length...

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Scarites subterraneus

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generally as the big-headed ground beetle or (tunneling large) pedunculate ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found...

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