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Podcast Episode 6: The Dung Beetles

Knepp Wildland Podcast
Episode 6 – The Dung Beetles

6 November 2020

Our sixth episode is dedicated to some of the world’s most wonderful ecosystem engineers: dung beetles. As well as being funky little insects they punch well above their weight in the ecosystem services they provide. I join scarab fanatics Darren & Ceri Mann as they delve in to some Knepp dung, and chat to Rob Howe, a livestock vet who is working with farmers to promote healthy on-farm ecology through the power of dung beetles.

Limarus zenkeri disappearing in to deer dung by BritishScarabs CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

To keep up to date with dung beetle news check out the British Scarabs website

On Twitter you might enjoy following these guys:

Rob Howe @vet_rob

British Scarabs @BScarabs

Darren Mann @BlattaMann

Ceri Mann @Ceri_Watkins

This podcast wouldn’t have been possible without the support of some very talented people so many thanks go to: Lia Brazier for the beautiful artwork, Mat Davidson for the wonderful music and the fantastic Ian Bunn for his patient editing skills.

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