It was a cold, and somber afternoon. Students were sad that it was time to take the Malaise trap down. Fed Ex will be here in the morning. Mrs. Muir thought with the freezing temperatures for this evening that it would not make much of a difference.
This was a great few weeks. We look forward to getting our results back and that of the others from Canada’s participating schools.
Over the weekend our trap was vandalized again. This time all the pegs were stolen and one of the poles were broken. Mrs. Kendrick had to dig through her garage to find the pegs that go with her inflatable Christmas decoration so that we could set up again. We taped the pole back together with duct tape and a stick for stability, but it’s not nearly as good as it was. It is up and working though and we’ve caught a weird red bug. We can’t wait to see what it is!
St. Peter’s grade 6 class, Unity, Sk.
Big black and yellow floating in our trap with three legs and one wing… a bumble bee!!! Our caution reasearch tape fell off and theres a lot of litter around our trap. On the good side though we have a lot of bugs, especially flies. We have been having lots of good luck.
May 1st
St. Peter’s grade 6 class, Unity, Sk
Since Monday it has been really warm (25 degrees in Eastern Ontario). We noticed that our insect count has lower dramatically since we put our trap near our pond. The insects are different such as mosquitoes, spiders, and smaller. We had lots of flies on the edge of the woods and now in the forest in the pond, only two. Hope to catch a few more before Friday!
