Beaver wetlands and fun bugs 🦋🤝🦫
A recent UK study conducted by Patrick Cook at Stirling University concluded that wetlands created by beavers have an average of 45% more butterflies than wetlands created by humans, and 29% more different species of hoverflies 🪰. The amount of individual hoverflies even more than doubled when compared to human-made wetlands. Both butterflies and hoverflies are extremely important pollinators, showing once more the key role of beavers in preserving biodiversity 💪
Read more 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/beavers-make-better-wetlands-for-butterflies-than-human-made-ponds
Image © Nigel Willby
A recent UK study conducted by Patrick Cook at Stirling University concluded that wetlands created by beavers have an average of 45% more butterflies than wetlands created by humans, and 29% more different species of hoverflies 🪰. The amount of individual hoverflies even more than doubled when compared to human-made wetlands. Both butterflies and hoverflies are extremely important pollinators, showing once more the key role of beavers in preserving biodiversity 💪
Read more 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/beavers-make-better-wetlands-for-butterflies-than-human-made-ponds
Image © Nigel Willby