Planning and Biodiversity Mitigation for Stag Beetles
INTERNATIONALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES FULLY PROTECTED BY LAW IN EUROPE
PARTIALLY PROTECTED IN THE UK - LISTED IN SCHEDULE 5 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 (as amended) LISTED ON ANNEX II OF THE EC HABITAT DIRECTIVE CLASSED AS NATIONALLY THREATENED IN THE UK PRIORITY SPECIES IN THE UK BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN LEAD PARTNER FOR STAG BEETLE CONSERVATION IN THE UK THE PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES STAG BEETLE CONSERVATION LEAD PARTNER FOR SUFFOLK COLIN HAWES
UP TO 97% OF THE LIFE-CYCLE IS SPENT UNDERGROUND LARVA FEEDS UNDERGROUND ON DECAYING, BROADLEAVED WOOD FOR UP TO SIX YEARS PUPATES UNDERGROUND IN A COCOON RESULTING BEETLES REMAIN UNDERGROUND FOR 7 - 8 MONTHS BEFORE EMERGING ABOVE GROUND TO MATE ACTIVE PERIOD ABOVE GROUND: MID-MAY - END OF JULY MALE AND FEMALE BEETLES ARE CREPUSCULAR THE BEETLES LIVE FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS
THEY DIE AFTER MATING AND OVIPOSITION
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AN ICONIC SPECIES MALE BEETLE EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC CITIZEN SCIENCE SURVEYS PUBLICITY EVENTS HAVE MADE MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE SPECIES
PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, FORESTRY WORKERS, WILDLIFE TRUSTS ETC
PLANNING and CONSERVATION
APPLICANT / LANDOWNER/INDIVIDUAL / OTHER
SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST
LEAD PARTNER
DISTRICT / COUNTY COUNCIL
DEVELOPER
APPLICANT
Planning and Biodiversity Mitigation for Stag Beetles
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