Inverted leaf blower

Collecting ground living arthropods using an inverted leaf blower is an effective way to gauge the density of their communities. The spiders and insects that get sucked up is transferred to a white tub, from which it is easy to pooter-out the individuals of...

Arthropod collection

The start of the years arthropod collection! The collection methods we use are suction sampling, pitfall trapping, and Malaise trapping. The tent-like trap is a Malaise trap, invented in the 1930’s by René Malaise, and optimized for catching flying insects. The...