Lab Weeks 5-8 Effect of Plant Density on crawling insects vs flying insects

Data was collected based on the number of crawling insects versus flying insects that were found within an area containing a low density, medium density and high density of plants. Two types of traps were set up in order to gather an accurate census of the data; the first trap being a pit fall trap, which was utilized to capture and examine crawling insects, while the second trap being a pan trap which was used to observe the flying insects. The 2 types of traps were placed in adjacent proximity of each other. Each pair of traps was placed approximately 5 meters apart from each other with a total of six pairs of traps per density. The first set of traps were placed on October 14th 2014 and was examined of the number of insects in each trap the following two days. The second set of traps were placed on October 21st 2014 and were also observed and recored the following two days of when they were placed. The experiment took place at the grasslands east of Stong Pond.

本数据集采集自不同植物密度区域内的爬行昆虫与飞行昆虫数量统计：实验区域分别设置了低密度、中密度和高密度三类植物群落。为精准完成昆虫种群普查，本次实验布设了两类诱捕装置：其一为地面陷阱（pit fall trap），用于捕获并统计爬行昆虫；其二为盘式诱捕器（pan trap），用以采集观测飞行昆虫。两类诱捕装置将相邻布设，每对诱捕装置间距约5米；每种植物密度下均布设6对诱捕装置。第一批诱捕装置于2014年10月14日布设，并于布设后次日起连续两日统计各诱捕器内的昆虫数量；第二批诱捕装置则于2014年10月21日布设，同样于布设后两日完成观测与记录。本实验场地位于Stong Pond东侧的草原区域。