We are Iona Academy situated in the st. Raphael’s area of Eastern Ontario. Today we set up our Malaise Trap! We had a few minor setbacks because it was raining while we were setting up. The location we chose to set up was in an open field along the forest edge. It was also near a pond, so we could attract insects from the water, field and forest. It was a very chilly day as it was only 12 degrees Celsius, so not many insects were caught. We hope the weather clears up because we are very excited to be part of this project and hope to catch more insects!–grade 7 students
Archives de catégorie : Spring 2015
Bad News…
Last night we had rough winds and rain. Unfortunately, our trap blew down, and is raining too hard to go out and fix it.
Yesterday near lunch, we had checked and there was still no insects.
We hope for a better day tomorrow!
Collecting!
The grade 5s are enjoying the sunshine and loving the chance to check our trap everyday! We have more insects than we expected! Lots of tiny fliers, some house flies and a moth so far.
Week1: Tuesday , April 21st
Daily High Temperature
- 9 Degrees
Cloud coverage
- Very few clouds
Catch Volume ( How man bugs were found)
- Today there were 7 insects found.
Notes ( Trap Disturbances )
The insects that were found were very tiny.
Week 1 : Monday, April 20th
Daily High Temperature
This day in particular was very wet and cold ,
there weren’t very many flying bugs outside besides
the earth worms that stay close to cracks in
the side walks or very wet areas.
- 5 degrees
Cloud Cover
- Mostly cloudy
Today we experienced a lot of cloud coverage and a few patches of very wet and cold rain. There was not a great deal of sunlight or warmth on this particular day.
Catch Volume ( How many insects were found)
There were 0 insects found today due this being the first day of the project , stay tuned for more bug news.
Notes(Trap Disturbances)
Raining and wet / cold weather /very little bugs outside and or around the trap.
Malaise Trap
Well the weather has not been ideal the past two days. As a class we set up our trap early yesterday morning. By the afternoon we had already collected one insect! It was windy towards the end of the day and today we have been under a rain warning. The students have been very receptive to the project and have taken it very seriously. We ventured out in the rain an noticed a large change in numbers. We are hoping to continue to see a large increase as the days go on!
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Time to Trap!
This is a small portion of the class that got to set up the trap this week! We worked very efficiently when setting up because we were all so excited to take part, and wasted no time to catch some exciting bugs!
Working hard or hardly working? I can say we did both. We had some laughs even though it was cold out and everyone was excited to get see the final product.
The picture on the left is a student with a bug that we found in our tent. In the picture on the right was later that day after set up we already found some bugs that we caught. You can say we’re off to a good start! 
These are the hard workers of the day with the beautiful final product of the malaise trap. Us posing with our tools. Can’t wait to receive new discoveries on collecting different bugs in the near future:)
We caught the « Hannah » and « Celina » bug!
Wait! We caught a lot more bugs at the trap… a whole tent full of them!
We Have Caught Bugs
We caught 3 mosquitoes and 1 beetle. What an amazing catch!
Bloggers Keenan and Taylor 5M
Trap is ready to go!
We set up our trap last Friday with the Grade 3/4 class and talked about how it works. We estimated that there would be between 100 and 150 different types of insects found in our traps.
On Monday we installed the bottle in the trap and tightened the pegs as it was very (very, very) windy over the weekend. We checked it with the grade 5 class during outdoor education in the afternoon. The temperature was about 16 degrees and there was 90% cloud cover…so it felt a bit chilly! We were surprised with how many insects we had caught already!
Whitewood School Set Up
It is cool, but we still managed to catch a few bugs. Our trap is in an aspen grove not far from the school. We set the trap beside a small slough – perhaps we will catch some bugs emerging from the slough.