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
Daily Archives: Wednesday April 22nd, 2015
It’s too cold and rainy in Toronto
Our poor teacher has been setting up the trap in the terrible weather. I am so desperately sad that I couldn’t set up the trap with the teacher. We were looking forward for this exciting opportunity, but sadly we missed it. Even though we were not able to be “mini scientists” yet, we’re all looking forward to getting out and observing the trap in action. -Anushey
We Caught More Bugs
We caught two bugs, and they were mosquitoes! In total we caught six bugs. The weather is 5 degrees but it feels like 2 degrees.
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
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.
