You might be surprised by some of the benefits of having dung beetles on your farm – the obvious ones being improving your soil and pasture health, reducing nutrient run off into waterways and decreasing the spread of disease and insects (this includes bush flies) but did you know they can help with carbon sequestration and controlling some livestock parasites like gut worms?
TFS has learnt that there is a significant gap in the current monitoring of dung beetle activity in the TFS area. We are in discussions with team members of the Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers (DBEE) project who are keen to establish some monitoring sites in the Southern Tablelands. If this is a project that interests you and you would like to find out more please get in touch via our email as soon as you are able. Once we see what the level of interest is, we will look to run a Webinar or Zoom meeting with members from the DBEE. A link to the DBEE website is below if you are interested to find out more:
Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers
Photo credit: Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers Website