We checked the trap today and There were about 20 bugs inside it. If you are reading this. Take a moment of peace for the dead bugs.
St.Peter’s grade 6 class
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Monday, April 20th,2015 Day 1: Set up The Trap
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
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.
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!
SMS
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.
Hello From ERMES (Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School)
We are very excited to be participating in the School Malaise Trap Program for 2015! We have a total of 51 Science students from grades 4 to 6 and we will all be observing our trap. It was a pretty nice day to set the trap; however, we had LOTS of rain and wind overnight, so our trap needs to be fixed up because the weather has tampered with it a bit 🙂 Looking forward to see how many insects we can catch, and more importantly, WHICH kinds of insects live in our coastal community! 🙂
The Trap is Set and the Insects are Being Collected at Wellington Hall Academy!
It didn’t take long for the insects to get trapped! After only a few short minutes, the trap had collected a few insects. Excitement prevails! Can’t wait to see how many insects are in the trap tomorrow morning!!
Day 1collection at J.H.PICARD
I’m Alyssa. I’m in grade 10 and I’m very happy to enjoy this experiment. This morning we fixed our bottle to the trap. Everybody is excited to see what going to happen tomorrow.
Day 1!
Trap is up, bottle is on, bring on the bugs!