The oil beetles are here: fascinating, but toxic
Glossy black oil beetles crawl through gardens in spring. Fascinating, but toxic: look only, do not touch.
Look, don't touch
Glossy black oil beetles are fascinating, but toxic. They produce the substance cantharidin in their legs, which irritates the skin and causes blisters. Ingestion can be fatal.
Parasites in wild bee nests
«The sight of one is a fine indication that your garden is friendly to wild bees», says Sophie Lokatis of the Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung. The black-blue oil beetle is listed as endangered on the Red List. More on the topic of species protection and biodiversity.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
