The grade one, two and three students at Oyama Traditional School are ready to start catching bugs. We have found a great spot in the forested area of our school. We are happy to be participating in the Malaise program.
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Ready to Collect!
The grade sevens from Queen of Peace Middle School in Happy Valley Goose Bay, NL have their Malaise Trap set up and ready!
Happy trapping!
Trap up at Royal Botanical Gardens, Arboretum
Added the collection bottle this morning! The trap is nestled in between forest (Goldenrods close by) and the Crabapple orchard. Although the nights are cool, it will be interesting to see what gets collected during the warm days.
Day One of Malaise Trapping
Today is VERY windy and we had to fix our trap. We had to reposition the stakes and tighten the ropes because the wind was too strong and pushing the trap over.
We put in the ethanol chemicals today after we fixed the trap.
Today was also an exciting day at our school, because we got two exchange students from Colombia! They both have the same first name!! They are not in our grade though, they are in the grade 7/8/9 classroom.
These are our predictions for our insect catch today:
Nathan: 20
Joaquin: 0
Josie: 15
Mathea: 12
Josia: 13
Lucas: 35
Joshua: 10
Other Boy: 14
Other Girl: absent
Happy Day 1 of Collecting!
Dear #bioSMTP participants,
Happy collecting on this first day of trap deployment! Several of you have been tweeting and blogging pictures and we are so glad that you have found the perfect locations for your Malaise traps! We encourage you and your class to take a “#SMTPselfie” with your trap as well as tell us about the weather in your area!
Don’t forget to start filling out the “collection record spreadsheet“, as you will need to submit this document to us at the end of the program (hard or electronic copy).
Happy collecting!
SMTP Team
SPC is Excited!
We had a fun time setting up the trap. Most students likened it to their experiences camping and very quickly got it together!
Our Lady of Peace
We found a safe and secure location to set up our trap. We are really looking forward to participating in the study.
All Set Up and Ready to Go!
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!
Inglewood School is Ready to Catch Some Insects!
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???
Kola School Set Up
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.