July 11th Night Insect Survey w/ Teá at Fresh Pond (Recap)

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Thanks again to all of you for coming this past Thursday to our insect survey at Fresh Pond. Here's the recap of what we've observed together. Thanks to Teá for making her knowledge accessible. And thanks to Ranger Tim for facilitating this event.

Here is our session log below. See also our Facebook post about the event > here

Our Site log is also publicly available > here

Event > 🐝 Night (Insect) Life at Fresh Pond

Date	07/11/19
Site	Lusitania meadow
Surveyor’s Names	Teá, Ranger Tim, Claire, Sarah, Dan, Joe, Bill, Carolyn, Jocelyn, Lily, Tucker, Greg, Luke, Madeline, Leonie, Jocelyn (17)
Time	8:11pm - 10:45pm
Weather	Cool, Light breeze
Approximate Temperature	76°F - 74°F  (24.44°C - 23.33°C)

Conducted Tasks Observed and documented moths and other insects at night, who were attracted to the lights that were set up. Walked around with blacklights to look for caterpillars.  Session Records Biodiversity session records (all taxa focused in bounded box defined around the Lusitania meadow) >  Visual survey at the setup sheets Notes | Author: Sarah Tea collected the Great Ash Sphinx caterpillar -that we found while surveying the perimeter of the meadow with a UV light. Collection for parasitism analysis (Tea: high parasitism rate ~90% of this species) Visual Observations include: Mayflies | Beetles | Midges | Mosquitos | True bugs | Bees | Caddisflies | Moths: Armyworm moth, Wood Leopard moth, Pug moth, Litter moth, American Ear moth,...

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Thanks, - Claire