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Devon Middle School's Malaise Trap Program
Devon Middle School's Malaise Trap Program
This September DMS partnered with the University of Guelph and their Centre for Biodiversity Genomics to help trap, analyze and catalogue the "bugs" in our outdoor classroom.
The University sent us a malaise trap (a fancy name for a bug trapper), specimen bottles and preservatives along with detailed instructions of how to set up the trap and collect our specimens.
We ended up collecting over 107 different species in our little wetland, 2 of which had never been collected before in this program!
We ended up collecting over 107 different species in our little wetland, 2 of which had never been collected before in this program!
And 32 of the species were only collected in our trap out of all the schools involved in the program! It was nice to contribute to the International Barcode of Life project!
And 32 of the species were only collected in our trap out of all the schools involved in the program! It was nice to contribute to the International Barcode of Life project!
The Program
The Program
FallSMTP 2016_Canada Program Overview Secondary.pdf
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