Insects from small to large for small and large
Regardless of whether you were a farmer or not, everyone took part in the insect check and was able to learn a lot about flora and fauna on agricultural land from the expert Barbara Depisch.
What crawls, buzzes and jumps on our meadows?
According to the World Council for Biodiversity (IPBES), 100 out of 107 crops depend on pollination from a wide variety of insects. 85% of agricultural yields depend on insect pollination. Without insects, there would be severe harvest losses in agriculture and, as a result, our diet would be in danger. It is therefore important that farmers, but also private individuals, make a contribution to species protection. But what do insects need to feel good? Are flowering meadows enough for them to multiply? And where can I offer them living space? Finding the right measures is not always easy.
pests and beneficial insects
The balance between pests and beneficial insects that has been established over centuries is increasingly in danger of being upset. Because our crop pests have adapted perfectly to humans, but have been kept in check by countless other insects. If these disappear now, pests can multiply explosively. This is also influenced by the sharp decline in farmland birds, which lack insects, especially for rearing their young. However, the decline in insects can be very different, and in some places they are also increasing. Not all insects are the same. Your demands are diverse. For some, flowers are an important aspect of their lives, but only for the adult animals. Insects usually spend most of their lives as larvae, usually far away from flowers, for example in dead wood, leaves, plant remains or even wild corners with stinging nettles and old grass.
Woerle farmers as active living space designers
On Saturday, 21.8.21/XNUMX/XNUMX, the sun was shining brightly InsectCheck on the dairy farm of the Braumann family in Seekirchen am Wallersee. In addition to the team from the WOERLE cheese dairy, many WOERLE farmers and families from the region were there to learn a lot of new things about insects and biodiversity. The insect check was organized by Club theme:nature. The participants had the opportunity to learn a lot about the importance of insects, to find out what measures help the insects and, above all, what agriculture in our region does every day to preserve biodiversity. Many thanks for this exciting day to our speaker Barbara Depisch and to all participants for the particularly interested exchange between agriculture and the population.
Below are a few impressions of the insect check.
...there are currently around 55.000 animal species in Austria, around 40.000 of which are insect species.
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