Surveying for the Noble Tortoise Beetle with Buglife NI
Location
Ballykinler shoreline
About
Join Buglife Northern Ireland Conservation Officer, Hannah, and Entomologist, Adam Mantell, to learn more about the Noble Tortoise Beetle (Cassida Nobilis) and how you can help support its conservation.
š Date: Saturday 3 May
š Time: 10:00am
š Location: Ballykinler shoreline (meeting at Twelve Arches Car Park, Old Road, Newcastle, BT33 0QX)
This striking beetle with a golden, metallic, and often reflective shell, may have a distinctive appearance but it blends into its environment and is often overlooked as a result.
Can you help to monitor and increase records of this Northern Ireland priority species, which will in turn help us protect it and the places it calls home?
What can you expect?
šŖ² Learn how to identify and survey for the Noble Tortoise Beetle;
šŖ² Leave equipped with the knowledge and tools to continue surveying in your own time.
This event is open to anyone over the age of 18.
š· Image Credit: Noble Tortoise Beetle (Cassida Nobilis) Ā© Joshua Clarke
š Date: Saturday 3 May
š Time: 10:00am
š Location: Ballykinler shoreline (meeting at Twelve Arches Car Park, Old Road, Newcastle, BT33 0QX)
This striking beetle with a golden, metallic, and often reflective shell, may have a distinctive appearance but it blends into its environment and is often overlooked as a result.
Can you help to monitor and increase records of this Northern Ireland priority species, which will in turn help us protect it and the places it calls home?
What can you expect?
šŖ² Learn how to identify and survey for the Noble Tortoise Beetle;
šŖ² Leave equipped with the knowledge and tools to continue surveying in your own time.
This event is open to anyone over the age of 18.
š· Image Credit: Noble Tortoise Beetle (Cassida Nobilis) Ā© Joshua Clarke
