Analysis of insect behavior between two different habitats: Grassland and Woodlot

Variables

Habit: Represented by two letters “W” and “G”, “W” will
represent woodlot and “G” grassland.

Bowl Color: Bowl color used throughout the experiment. “W” ,
“Y”, “B” represent white, yellow, and blue respectively.

# Insects: Represent the number of insects present in sample
collected.

# Species: Represents the amount of different species
observed.

Hypothesis

The sample size of the insects
collected in the woodlot should be greater in comparison to the grassland. This
is because the woodlot is more diverse in comparison to the grassland in terms
of plant of species. Next, the white bowl color will stand out more and thus
possibly attract more insects than the rest of bowl colors.

Methods

The weather condition was not
ideal for conducting the experiment, there was light rain and significant cloud
cover, the temperature was 15 Celsius. The group partners that assisted in conducting
the experiment were Numra, and Candice.  In
order to conduct this experiment 10 solo bowls were placed a meter apart from
each other in a random location in each habitat. Next, poured soapy water in
all of the bowls and set the timer for an hour. A flashlight was used to assist
in conducting an accurate account of the insects collected in the solo bowls,
due to the poor weather conditions.

变量

习惯：以“W”和“G”两个字母表示，其中“W”代表林地，“G”代表草地。

碗的颜色：实验中使用的碗的颜色。其中，“W”、“Y”、“B”分别代表白色、黄色和蓝色。

# 昆虫：表示样本中存在的昆虫数量。

# 物种：表示观察到的不同物种的数量。

假设

与草地相比，林地中收集到的昆虫样本量应更大。这是因为与草地相比，林地植物物种的多样性更高。其次，白色碗的颜色更为醒目，因此可能比其他碗的颜色吸引更多的昆虫。

方法

由于天气条件不佳，不利于进行实验，当时有轻微的降雨和显著的云层覆盖，气温为15摄氏度。协助进行实验的小组成员为Numra和Candice。为了进行这项实验，在每个栖息地中随机放置了10个单独的碗，彼此相距一米。然后，向所有碗中倒入肥皂水，并设置一小时的时间。由于天气条件不佳，使用手电筒协助准确记录单独碗中收集到的昆虫数量。