The Wayne National Forest recently released 250 pairs of the American Burying Beetle (ABB) onto the Forest in an effort to reintroduce populations of this endangered species.
About 30 people made up of Wayne National Forest Athens Ranger District personnel, partners and volunteers released the beetles in northern Athens County. In 2006 and 2007, the area was surveyed to ensure no American burying beetles already occurred in the area.
The release sites will be monitored for signs of breeding activity by checking for larvae and, later, new adult beetles. The last known record of an American Burying Beetle in the State of Ohio occurred in 1974 in Hocking County.
“The ABB was once a part of the diverse historic fauna found in the Buckeye state. I am a firm believer that no native species is insignificant enough to not care about its continued existence,” said Athens ranger district wildlife biologist, Lynda Andrews, in a news release.
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