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).
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!
Students from Inglewood School in Grand Bay Westfield begins setting up the Malaise Trap.Success! The trap looks so good we almost got stuck inside 🙂
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.
Class 5-1 in Burlington Ontario is setting up a Malaise Trap from September 19th to 30th. We will be tracking the temperature, weather, and what insects we have found.
Hello from Castle Oaks Public School! We’re getting ready to pitch out trap tent! Looking forward to a great catch.
Students had a great time predicting the types of insects that may end up in our trap. One student desperately wanted to pose a question to his classmates:
Q: Why do bees have sticky hair?
A: Because they have honeycombs!
6A is very excited about this project and are looking forward to a very successful two weeks!
Here on the West coast of BC you can see the Saanich inlet where our school is located. Kate L took some time out of her Saturday morning school schedule to set up the trap for her Biology 12AP class. Kayakers and BC Ferry in the backdrop to a beautiful day here on Vancouver Island.