Dorcadion surveys

We have completed surveys of arthropod species and communities in the project area. We will use the results to compare the current arthropod community with the community found in a similar survey 31 years ago. We also conducted the first surveys of the population of Dorcadion fulvum cervae, a beetle subspecies endemic to Hungary, which have provided us with more information on the distribution and activity of this threatened subspecies. Next year, we will also install artificial habitats (wood piles, manure piles, insect hotels) to increase the number of arthropods in the area.