third ecology lab: sweeping nets

There were four parts to this experiment. My part was the sweeping nets. This was done on the grassland. The transect tape was layed on the grassland which extended all the way to 25 meters. The tape was used as my starting point as I walked across the grassland with the net in hand sweeping forcefully from side to side. After the sweeping was finished I had to hold the net from the middle so insects can escape. The net was layed carefully on the ground and slowly my partners and I started to look inside the net and see what I caught. The number of the different types of insects that was caught was then recorded on the chart. This process was repeat ten times at different distances which was measured on meters using the transcet tape.