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I have also had the chance to take part in a number of field collecting trips:
Colombia
Colombia
Between 2004 and 2006 as an undergraduate, we went on multiple, general collecting trips, including:
Km 18, Valle del Cauca
Río Blanco Reserve, Manizales, Caldas
Otún-Quimbaya, Quindío
In 2009 The Franz Lab visited Colombia, collecting weevils from Valle del Cauca, Caldas and Antioquia. Those materials are deposited at the Colección de Entomología de la Universidad de Antioquia (CEUA; Medellín).
I have also been in the field in Villavicencio, but not collecting; more of indirectly exploring and documenting the fauna there. I even created a Project Noah account at the time, where you can see the tons of creatures that I would find on a daily basis.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Between 2007 and 2010 The Franz Lab collected insects extensively in Puerto Rico, including Vieques Island, with a particular focus on broad-nosed weevils.
Most of those materials are deposited at the University of Puerto Rico Invertebrate Collection (UPRM-INVCOL; Mayaguez).
I went back to collect Lachnopus specimens in Puerto Rico in July 2022.
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
In 2008 The Franz Lab went on a 20-day field trip to the Dominican Republic, mostly around the south and eastern regions of the country. The main objective was to collect broad-nosed weevils.
Most of the collected materials are deposited at the University of Puerto Rico Invertebrate Collection (UPRM-INVCOL; Mayaguez).
Dominica
Dominica
In 2009 The Franz Lab went for over 10 days to look for broad-nosed weevils in Dominica.
Suriname
Suriname
The Short Lab went on an expedition to Suriname in 2016, as part of a course on biodiversity assessment. The main goal of the trip was to collect aquatic beetles on as many environments, with as many techniques as possible, in a remote location of the Guiana Shield.
With Anyi Mazo and Juliana Cardona collecting at the Toro Negro Forest in Puerto Rico 2009 (?)
Doing fieldwork in Dominica, 2009
Looking for aquatic beetles in Suriname 2016
United States
United States
In 2007, after my first ESA meeting, I went with Nico Franz and Charles O'Brien to collect sand dune weevils in California.
When I visited Charles O'Brien's collection in Green Valley, Arizona, in 2009 and 2012, we went on short collecting trips close by.
I've been to the field in Kansas in 2017.
Joe (https://mantheylab.org/) and I went on a field trip through the Southwest: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas looking for carpenter ants in the genus Camponotus. I also found some entimine weevils!
Looking for aquatic beetles with Grey Gustafson, David Madison and Andrew Short (not in the picture) by the Kansas river 2017
Joe and I at La Sal Mountains, UtahPhoto by Joseph Manthey
Camponotus ants at Santa Catalina Mountains, ArizonaPhoto by Joseph Manthey
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