Banking on Beetles in Oregon

Produced through the Farmscaping for Beneficials Project
of the Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC)
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR

Farmscaping for Beneficials

Gwendolyn Ellen Home Pages

Beetle Banks In Oregon

Creating Beetle Banks

Beneficial Insect Guide

Conservation Biological Control Brochure

Beetle Banks are permanent habitat for predacious ground beetles in cropping systems. Through a collaboration with Oregon vegetable farmers, and the Farmscaping for Beneficials Project at IPPC we are exploring on-farm methods of beetle bank establishment and their effects on ground beetle populations.