So far everything is turning out just great! We put in the third bottle. I hope we catch more bugs. Blogger:Taylor
Category Archives: Spring 2015
week 2 summary
So we had cloudy weather for almost all of the week 2/extended week 1 including some stormy conditions (40-60 km winds for several of the days)… the weekend was sunny though!
Lots of small bugs in there (100’s) but no where near the 1line marker. The one very interesting thing is something that looks like a caterpillar and or a large larvae… will be interested to see what that comes out as … can’t quite figure how it got into the jar but once we know what it is, maybe its locomotion will be clearer…..
Anyway, that’s all from the north end of Haida Gwaii……
Found a bunch of ‘snailers’ on the school’s little skiff today…. get it?…. snails hiding on a boat…
Hooray for Week 3!
We are so excited to be collecting again. We can hardly wait until 11 when we go out to check the trap!
North Addington Education Centre
End of week two.
On Monday night we had very heavy winds and the trap blew down. Thankfully, we tied one of the guy lines to a large log so we didn’t lose the tent. The catch bottle became detached from the top bottle, however, we neglected to remove the inner seal so we didn’t lose anything as the small flies were trapped in the top bottle. We have had rain for the rest of the week so there hasn’t been much insect activity but the student’s are still eager to check the trap.
We are looking forward to a better week next week 🙂
Last day of extended week 1! Interesting find
Well we had such an exciting week. We must have close to 100 insects in our bottle. But the highlight was today when our teacher came to school, she brought this giant insect. it was in the back  pick up of her truck. She lives 5 minutes away from school. The kids wanted to send it to BIO for identification.  What a creepy insect. We have never seen this before!
This is an interesting find!! We will try to research its name this week.
Week 2 : Friday May 1st
Daily Temperature
- 7 Degrees(am) { consistent weather}Â
Cloud Coverage
- Slightly cloudy with slight peeks of sun.
Catch Volume ( How many Bugs were found)
- The bug activity has exceeded our expectations , when we first started our bug activity was very slow and we would only advance by a mere 10 bugs and now we have almost reached 100.
Notes (Trap disturbances)
What a great way to end off our second week , we have advanced in our bug activity and almost reached 100 bugs , good job !
Week 2 : Thursday April 30th
Daily Temperature
- 8 Degrees (am)
Cloud Coverage 
- Today we experienced mild cloud coverage but during the day the sun began to peek out from behind those clouds.
Catch volume(How many bugs were caught)
- we discovered 72 bugs today.
Notes ( Trap disturbances)
We had a slight break in our bug activity , but we are slowly getting back on track.
First day of warm weather
We thank you for the extra week to collect more data, and we have been getting much more bugs now that it’s getting warmer outside and the rain is gone. So this is the recent status of our bug collecting bottle.
Valley Elementary Scores 7!
We were quite excited that we were actually able to collect seven insects in our trap even though the daily temperatures have been around 7 degrees all week! The forecast for next week has temperatures in the teens! Here’s hoping we collect lots!
Week 2 Update from Landmark
I’m going to be completely honest here, this project makes me uncomfortable. I have never really liked bugs. They are a nuisance to me. They get in the way and invade every aspect of your life. They ruin picnics, get in your food and buzz around your head. I don’t remember a time when I looked at a bug and was like ‘Wow, look at that beautiful creature crawling along the sidewalk.’ But don’t get me wrong, bugs are very important. (Not that I care to admit it). They are part of a bigger picture, one that we don’t think about. They are food for other species like birds and bats. So this Malaise Trap project shows that a variety of bugs are important to keep our current ecosystem stable and afloat. It shows that even though we can’t see them all the time that there are many species around us. Now I still don’t like going and looking at the Malaise Trap but I do realize how important this project  is to study ecosystems.
– Blaire
Week 1 bottle (after week 2)
Today it’s shaping up to be a warm day here in the heart of Canada. The temperature is around mid-twenties and there is a slight south-west wind. We hope the wind doesn’t negatively effect our trap. We just took down the week 1 bottle and the recent warm temperatures have brought in a lot of bugs. The amount we have collected is around level 1 and it looks as though we have a wide variety of insects. We can identify flies, bees, spiders and some smaller creatures that are hard to pinpoint. The next couple weeks are supposed to bring high temperatures which should result an increased level of trapped species in our bottles.
– Cari & Kristy