The Effort to Save the

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The Effort to Save the Endangered American
Burying Beetle on a Shoe String Budget

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Recovery Plan

• Monitor wild populations
• Maintain captive population
• Continue pilot reintroduction effort (Penikese
  Island, MA)
• Prioritize areas and conduct surveys for
  additional populations
• Conduct additional reintroductions and manage new
  populations

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First Instar Larvae being tended by an adult
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Bi-parental Care
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Adult American Burying Beetle tending Third
Instar larvae
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Breeding
Food
Housing
Field
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Zoo and Staff Benefits

• Direct involvement in endangered species
  conservation
• Emphasis on a local species
• Hands on experience in breeding
• Collaboration with other agencies and
  institutions
• Opportunities for lab and field research

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Captive Rearing Allows Researchers

• The opportunity to view behaviors not commonly
  seen in the wild
• To provide specimens for the collection of
  genetic material
• An ability to gain a physiological profile for
  this species
• To provide the numbers of beetles needed for
  reintroduction efforts

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Other Invertebrate Projects

• Kanab Amber Snail-Phoenix Zoo
• Palos Verde Blue Butterfly-USFW
• Schause Swallowtail-Butterfly World
• Stock Island Tree Snail-Butterfly World
• Partula Snail-London Zoo in partnership with
  seven North American Institutions
• Karner Blue Butterfly-Toledo Zoo/Metro Toronto Zoo

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Making Conservation Resources Go Farther with
Invertebrates