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CREATING A NATIVE VEGETATION INSECTARIUM
Putting research into practice with an on-farm trial site
This project is supported by the PPWCMA, through funding
from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme
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The multiple benefits of having native vegetation on your farm
• Shelterbelt• Habitat and food source for insects- (insectariums, beetle
banks, insect corridors)• Biodiversity values (consider offsets in planning applications)• Meet obligations in Environmental Assurance programs• Bush Food production- income diversification
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1. Biodiversity Interactive Map: Look up the relevant Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) for your property
Weblink: http://mapshare2.dse.vic.gov.au/MapShare2EXT/imf.jsp?site=bim
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Step 2: Zoom in to the area you are looking at. I select a
scale of 1:10,000 or 1:20,000 depending on how much
information is needed.Step 3: Click on the yellow folder and turn on the 2005
EVC layer. Then refresh the map.
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Click on legend to bring up the map key for each EVC
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Click on the pdf icon and fill out the details. Click OK. A hyperlink with open map will appear. Click on the link
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http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife/biodiversity/evc-benchmarks#bioregionname
From this web link, you can scroll down past the bioregion map to a table which lists each of these bioregions and hyperlinks to their EVC benchmark. Below is the Highlands-Southern Fall as Yellingbo is in this bioregion.
Open the word or pdf file.
Look up the relevant EVC numbers listed in your property EVC Map.
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http://www.mapimage.net/IntraMaps75/ApplicationEngine/Application.aspx?project=Yarra+Ranges&configId=bf9bd338-12aa-43f2-95aa-a491de0b3a8d
Type in an address then click on the Indigenous Vegetation Community List to obtain EVC plant lists specific to that address!
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Look for plants which you have seen featured in the research as appropriate insectarium species
Quite a few relevant EVC’s have bush foods, you just need to know what you are looking for
Plant a mix of EVC plants depending on the layout of your insectarium
The more plant diversity and layers, the better the habitat for diverse beneficial insects
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CUSTOMISED SITE PLANTING GUIDE
Using the EVC list you have for the property, start to highlight plants you know are highly beneficial in an insectarium:
Sweet bursaria, wallaby grass, prickly tea-tree are the three HERO plants
What else is on your list that matches your planting space/layout and will provide nectar and pollen?
Shelterbelt- Upper and Middle story flowering plantsInsectary plants- HERO plants and similar ones found in your EVC. Make sure
there is diversity in your strata layers and include groundcovers.The customised list for Fieldberberry Farm is available at:
http://www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au/news/publications/NB: this is specific to this farm and is a GUIDE only.
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• Upper story (shelterbelt)- E. olida• Middle story- (shelterbelt)- Bursaria spinosa, Prostanthera lasianthos• Lower story- grevillea, Acacia, correa sp, round leaf mint bush, parrot pea, bush
pea, heath, daisy, honeypots, river mint, lilies, grasses• Groundcovers- native violet, running postman, pussytails, muntries etc
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Your insectarium layout can be any design you like• Grasses under vine or inter-row, end of row strainer posts• Surrounding a dam• Land class zoned unsuitable for production• Garden beds• Headlands, buffers and re-vegetated shelterbelts
It’s about insect corridors and connectivity to native vegetation
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Acacia suevolens
Heath
Mentha australis
Kunzea pomifera *
Grevillea rosmanifolia
Themeda triandra
Euc olida(strawberry gum) *
Native grassesWallaby, Weeping and Spear)
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Is it working?• Spring in Victoria hasn’t been kind if you want to monitor insects!
10 sticky traps, one week (7 days) each month Sept-Jan3 pit fall traps in the main insectary planting, one week each month Sept-JanMonitoring for increases in abundance and diversity of beneficial insects over next 2 years, longer if my RLF project is re-funded!
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Is it working?• Spring in Victoria hasn’t been kind if you want to monitor insects!
• However, 7 weeks after planting, some native plants were already flowering and spiders moving in to the insectary
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How much did it cost?
Insectarium Costs- indicative start-up costs for any property
EXPENSE ITEM COST CALCULATION COMMENTS
native indigenous plants x380 760based on tubestock prices averaging $2 each
60m row x 2m wide, some indiegnous nurseries are cheaper, commerical nurseries more expensive
Eucalypt windbreak (optional) x 10 plants 20
based on tubestock prices averaging $2 each
some indiegnous nurseries are cheaper, commerical nurseries more expensive
tree guards x 380 342 based on .90c/tree guard and stakes
bulk buy sticky traps x90 34 optional for IPM monitoring
IPM monitoring (optional) 1500 $30/trap. Optional
monitoring Baseline September 1 week x 10 traps. Oct-Jan (4 months). 10 traps over a week x 4 weeks (one analysis/month) = 50 traps total
IPM monitoring (optional) 360 $30/pitfall trap 3 traps in main insectarium $90 each analysis x 4 months
snap lock bags & postage for sticky traps 60 approx. post to Melb Uni
Mulch 2000 50m3variable depending on product used, amount required, transport distance and hire of a spreader
TOTAL 5076
without IPM monitoring 3216