Exquisite beetles in Scottish hamlets

1997/01/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Zoologia

The habitats of the hamlets are more suitable for certain beetles than natural reserves. Scottish Garth Foster and his team have analyzed 190 types of beetle and reached interactive conclusions.

For example, large beetles abound in cultivated fields and more species have been found in hamlets than in natural reserves. Among the beetles of the hamlets stand out the unconventional species, while in the reserves the beetles are the most abundant.

However, Mike Usher, head of Scottish Natural Heritage scientists, does not fully agree with the findings of this study. Usher warns that entomologists have spent more time studying natural reserves. In addition, some beetles go unnoticed and researchers discover them put them on a list of curious types.