Daily Temperature
Cloud coverage
Catch Volume ( How many bugs were found)
Notes ( Trap Disturbances )
Although we did collect some bugs today there wasn’t a very large increase in the number of bugs collected.
Daily Temperature
Cloud coverage
Catch Volume ( How many bugs were found)
Notes( Trap Disturbances)
Marshall here from SilverHeights P.S and today it was a lousy 60% cloud coverage and a temperature of 17 degrees. We were happy to take a semi-selfie with our trap. we caught around 20 to 30 bugs in our trap but the last 2 days there was a little spider that would build a web right around the hole of the trap. (without hurting the spider) we have to remove the web with a stick. Well hope to post soon with a picture of the spider. And I also used all my time to post this, Marshall.
Well its been a cold, spring season. We had 5cm of snow on Tuesday…brrrr We have some insects in our bottle but not alot. It looks like the temperture will be climbing next week !!
Iona Aca
demy grade 7 biologists are in for the challenge. “Selfie Time” Our boys and girls are so excited to take a selfie with the Malaise Trap today. 
It is such a beautiful warm day for it (16 degrees and sunny day). We were all excited to see the trap! Stay tuned for insect catching report tomorrow 🙂
Hello All,
This week, BIO has been hosting live virtual tours of our BIObus (our field research vehicle). During these tours students have been learning about different insect trapping methods, insect orders, and have had the chance to interact with our expert!
Can you name the insect trapping methods pictured below?
BIO has also been collecting specimens this week. Check out our week 2 bottle below!
Happy Collecting!
Finally! We have caught some bugs! The weather has been warm and calm this week in Toronto, so the catch volume is slowly increasing. Have a look 🙂
Petitcodiac’s grade 9 Malaise Trap has been a very interesting experience. In the beginning, we were rather frustrated with the lack of captured insects, but we later discovered we had left the cap on! You can definitely say it was a learning experience. We marched down and back rain or shine (but mostly rain) and even after returning to the school drenched our excitement never lacked. Even though the rain damaged the tent nearly every night we were determined to persevere in our research. Our volume went up nearly 20 insects each day. But of course the weather took a toll on our volume. We were devastated to discover we lost 20 of our captives on day 8.
We want to send out great thanks to the family who have generously donated the use of their back lawn to aid our cause!
So far the Malaise Trap is going good! The weather hasn’t been the best. It’s rainy and cloudy, but it’s been a lot of fun. Our trap is by a river so it’s bound to be a lot of bugs. Hopefully we will continue to have fun and learn a lot!
Breanna and Deanne
We caught more bugs today than we did all last week! We can’t wait to go and check it out tomorrow!
