Day 2 of the Malaise Trap. It was a hot day and it was 21 degrees Celsius. The Malaise Trap was still up and we had experienced very little wind. It was partly cloudy with a strong sun. There were some small bugs at the top of the trap yet to be captured. The bottle was filed up almost halfway to the 1 marker. We are surprised how many insects we have caught!
It Works!
7A sees the fruit of their labour! Over 20 specimens trapped. Scientific inquiry well underway.
Day 1: Trap is set!
7A at Gordon A. Brown in Toronto sets up the trap and the excitement starts to build. Predictions flying(lol)! How many bugs will we collect? Will we actually catch anything? Can we get lab coats and microscopes? We’re up and running. Very engaged!
Day 1 Update
Great news! Our trap did NOT blow over. It just looked like it had blown over from a distance. We went and checked on it today and it’s fine. We still put the stronger stakes and we already had some insects in the alcohol. The insects seem to be larger than the ones that we have gotten in the past. Here are some pictures of the intact trap and some of the insects that we caught.
Day 2: Double the Excitement!
Surprisingly good results are coming from our Malaise trap. Although the weather is not ideal for insects, we trapped over double the amount that was previously captured the day before.
Trap is set … in the Garden??
Up and running here at Highlands School in Edmonton. Had to make some tough choices about where to put the trap … ended up deciding it stood its best chance at staying undisturbed in our vegetable garden area. Hopefully we don’t capture all our pollinating insects.
Trapping insects has begun here in Yellowknife!
Even with below temperatures over the weekend, the weather has warmed up and we are catching insects!
Day 2, Looking Blue
We are so surprised how few bugs we have caught so far! We predict that by the end of this week, the bugs won’t even reach halfway to the “1” on the scale. It was great to see the tent looking undisturbed and sturdy and we hope this keeps up for the rest of the project. Our group also noticed a number of bugs flying near the top of the tent, but not going into the bottle. We hope the number of bugs we catch starts to rapidly increase soon!
-Aaron, Elisa, Renee
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!
Wow, there are so many bugs! It is so cool how our Malaise trap can gather the bugs in such a scientific way. While we were observing the Malaise trap, we had the opportunity to observe a bug get trapped in the net and fly up to the container. We are ecstatic with how well the trap is working. We already have a catch volume of 0.25. We can’t wait to see what we will trap next!
-Ashlyn, Sarah, Nic
The Trap is Up in La Loche!
The Biology 30 students at Dene High School (formally La Loche Community School) set up their insect trap in our Admin Assistant’s backyard on Friday. It is conveniently located right across the street from the school on the lake shore. We have had some pretty cool and rainy weather, but we are hoping that some insects make their way into the trap! Stay tuned for our week one results on Friday!