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===Pitfall trap: one medium jar in the middle of the pasture===
===Pitfall trap: one medium jar in the middle of the pasture===
#<b></b> — Dig a hole of the jar's size.
#<b>19.04</b> — Dig a hole of the jar's size.
#Put in that hole an opened jar/container filed at 1/3 with water + drop of alcool.
#Put in that hole an opened jar/container filed at 1/3 with water + drop of alcool.
#Assemble 4 wood nails with a flat plastic container lid to elevate it when lying on the floor.
#Assemble 4 wood nails with a flat plastic container lid to elevate it when lying on the floor.
#Cover the trap with this “roof” (to prevent vertebrates to fall in) which nails will be stick in the ground.
#Cover the trap with this “roof” (to prevent vertebrates to fall in) which nails will be stick in the ground.
#Wait for 2 nights.
#Wait for 2 nights.
#<b></b> — Get the jar filed with macrofauna and store it in the fridge (6 days).
#<b>21.04</b> — Get the jar filed with macrofauna and store it in the fridge (6 days).
#<b></b> — Results:
#<b>26.04</b> — Results:
**26 unidentified small coleopteras all alive (3mm, oblong shape, black)
*26 unidentified small coleopteras all alive (3mm, oblong shape, black)
**
*2 unidentified medium coleopteras, 1 alive (5-6mm, round shape, striped elytra, black)
**
*1 unidentified big coleoptera (8mm, oblong shape, striped body, black)
**
*3 unidentified ants of same specie (2mm, brownish)
**
*2 unidentified small spiders (2-3mm, high greenish)
**
*3 unidentified big coleopteras, dermaptera? (12-15mm, long body, marked head-thorax limit, black)
 
*3 unidentified big spiders (7-8mm, big brownish)
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==Notes==
==Notes==