Lab Weeks 5-7 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.

本数据集基于不同植物密度区域内捕获的爬行昆虫与飞行昆虫数量采集所得，所涉区域分别为低、中、高密度植物分布区。为精准完成数据普查，研究布设了两类诱捕器：第一类为陷捕器（pitfall trap），用于捕获并观测爬行昆虫；第二类为色盘诱捕器（pan trap），用以采集飞行昆虫样本。两类诱捕器相邻布设，每对诱捕器间距约5米，且每种植物密度区域各布设6对诱捕器。首批诱捕器于2014年10月14日布设完成，并于布设后的连续两日对各诱捕器内的昆虫数量进行清点。第二批诱捕器于2014年10月21日布设完成，同样于布设后的连续两日完成观测与记录。本实验开展于斯通池塘（Stong Pond）东侧的草原区域。