Our first week started out with a weekend with two days of snow and a down pouring of hail, frost on the ground and a low of -2. Our trap needed a few repairs but we continued with the project. Our aim was to hope the cold weather did not kill all our insects. We made a goal of 1…………. glad to say we got 8 mosquitoes and a small spider. YEAH. Students look forward to our daily checks!
Up and running here at Highlands School in Edmonton. Had to make some tough choices about where to put the trap … ended up deciding it stood its best chance at staying undisturbed in our vegetable garden area. Hopefully we don’t capture all our pollinating insects.
Class 5-1 in Burlington Ontario is setting up a Malaise Trap from September 19th to 30th. We will be tracking the temperature, weather, and what insects we have found.
Hello from Castle Oaks Public School! We’re getting ready to pitch out trap tent! Looking forward to a great catch.
Students had a great time predicting the types of insects that may end up in our trap. One student desperately wanted to pose a question to his classmates:
Q: Why do bees have sticky hair?
A: Because they have honeycombs!
6A is very excited about this project and are looking forward to a very successful two weeks!
We received our box! We are excited to get set up this week!
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Our research period has come to an end. The research team did a final meeting and dismantled the trap and then compared week 1 and week 2 catch. The weather is getting much cooler, therefore we are seeing fewer insects. Frost had spread on roofs Friday morning. We are so thankful that our school was chosen to participate in the School Malaise Trap Program and we cannot wait to see the results of our research!
At HDCH, we are pretty excited to have our participation in the Malaise Trap Program in the local news!
The wind and cold are picking up as we sit in the grass writing our blog entry. There is a good amount of bugs in the bottle. We think that there are some male mosquitoes and lots of flies. The tent is being dismantled as we write – we think this experiment was a huge success! – Nadine, Olivia, Mackenzie
Today was windy, cold and cloudy. The trap had to be tied down better. But, what affect does this have on our catch? It is so cool to be part of a big project like this. -Nathan, Logan, Andrew and Cohen
