Field Sample Training With Insects - Pan Trap - Lab 3 Dataset 2

<p>Equipment: 17 Pans, Soapy water, Sieve</p> <p>This lab was conducted by sampling grassland and wood lot areas on York University near the Danby Woodlot which took place on September 30, 2015 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm. The weather was breezy with temperatures around 17°C and the sky was slightly cloudy. The area in the grassland was slightly crowded with common milkweed and Red Clover plants. The wood lot habitat had a few Maple Trees and samplings.</p> <p>In the grassland, 9 pans were placed on the ground and in the wood lot 8 pans were placed on the ground. The collaborators for this lab were A. Amin and J. Quach. J. Quach placed the pans on the ground while A. Amin poured about 100 - 200ml off soapy water into each pan. The pans were arranged vertically, with alternating colours (blue, white and yellow) each 1 meter apart. There were no inclines or major obstacles in the grassland or the wood lot. At times it would be difficult to align the pans vertically without disturbing the environment so the solution was to place it at an angle but still keep the distance between each pan 1 meter. After an hour, I. Darman collected the pans while J. Quach took pictures of each pan and A. Amin cleared the pans using a sieve. I. Darman identified and recorded the insect type and abundance. The type of insect and abundance was recorded for each pan separately.</p> <p>For this experiment, it was initially designed to have equal number of pans for each habitat. However one pan was missing and there were more white plates placed in the woodlot.