The intensive use of pesticides, especially in fruit growing has caused adverse effects such as the emergence of resistance, environmental pollution by chemical substances, large residue of pesticides in food and so on. Integrated Pest Management emerged as an alternative to purely chemical means of pest control and includes agro-technical, biological, biotechnical and eventually chemical protection measures with the aim of ecologically and economically favorable production and thus safeguard the environment and human health. As one of the measures to protect fruit trees from pests are protective nets that prevent the entry of pests. However, protective nets can also prevent the entry of useful entomofauna. The ground beetles are an important part of the ecosystem, are one of the largest and most diverse taxonomic groups of arthropods. Many types of ground beetles are predators of other insects. The aim of the research was to determine whether protective nets have a negative impact on ground beetles, as most useful entomofauna.The survey was conducted in 2015 in the apple orchards, on Braeburn varietet, in Trški vrh located in Krapina - Zagorje region. The collection of ground beetles is carried out using epigean traps (Barber containers) which are intended to gather overhead entomofauna. There were 15 traps, of which 3 were marked the control traps in orchard without protective nets and the other 12 were arranged in three repetitions below 4 types of different nets set up in the orchard (Agritenx white, red and yellow, and special white net with dense mesh). The ground beetles were collected from July to October. Total of 19 species of ground beetles were caught, or 1559 individuals, of which 1376 individuals (18 species) were collected under the nets and 183 individuals (15 species) on control traps. The most abundant species in the study were Pterostichus (Feronidius) melas melas (998 individuals) and Carabus (Oreocarabus) glabratus (196 individuals), and classified as eudominant types. According to the frequency of Pterostichus (Feronidius) melas is constant species (61,78%), Carabus (Oreocarabus) glabratus (40,44%) accessory species, while other species are accidental.