After careful consideration, the grade 9 science classes have chosen to set up the Malaise Trap along Tiffany Creek. The tall trees and high vegetation provide security and hopefully, a lot of insects. We are so excited to start collecting on Monday!
It was a windy day at Inglewood School, but a little teamwork work goes a long way. Even as we were setting up the trap, a few flying insect found their way to the bottle attached to the trap so we must be doing something right. We are looking forward to attaching the bottle on Monday and the anticipation of possibly catching a new species is pretty exciting. Our only request is that you name the new insect after our School .
Who needs Pokemon Go when you have a Malaise Trap???
We set up our trap today between the Home Ec hut and the main school. The maintenance people put up a snow fence to keep people away from the trap. Today the temperature is up to 22 degrees.
Our school habitat is grassy with not a lot of trees, but there is one big one by the Home Ec hut. It gets very cold here in the winter.
We hope the weather is good. We want it to be warm but a bit damp because we think we will get the most bugs that way.