Beneficial Species
Beneficial Species
Humans rely directly and indirectly on numerous species for survival. This section highlights our relationship with other animals.
Learning Objective: Provide examples of animal species that directly and indirectly benefit humans.
“Beneficial” animals positively impact humans in some manner. We have already met some of these categories: food animals, pets, and laboratory animals.
Animals also can produce products we use, give an indication of environmental quality, or control “pest species.
This video provides examples of the roles beneficial insects play and representative species.
Watch this video; you can select the closed captioning “cc” option if you would like to see the text.
Lady beetles are a beneficial insect that can control aphid populations.
You can purchase larvae online, and maintain them until they pupate and emerge as adults.
Instead of releasing these adults, we are keeping them in a terrarium.
Another role of “beneficial” animals is indicating the quality of a habitat. Some animals only thrive in clean soils or water.
This video discusses biotic (living) indicators of water quality.
The next section focuses on one of the best known groups of beneficial insects: the bees.
Check your knowledge – Beneficial Species
Review your notes. Can you list the different beneficial impacts animals have on humans? If so, move forward to the next page.
Learning Objective:
Provide examples of animal species that directly and indirectly benefit humans.
Go back to the Wildlife Gardens Page
Go forward to the Bees Page
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