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-===16 small 10cm deep samples with trowel around the whole 1ha pasture===
+===Trowel sampling: 16 small 10cm deep samples===
 *<b>20.04-26.04</b> — Samples bend together in plastic bag for a total of 1kg
 **All macro-animals out of the total:
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 *<b>26.04</b> — 10g extracted for 110g demineralised water:
-**First yellow look right to left at 64x and 160x: no movement but good texture of organic matter.
+**First (yellow) look right to left at 64x and 160x: no movement but good texture of organic matter.
-**Second pink look random at 200x: lots of fungi bits and good bacterial aggregates.
+**Second (pink) look random at 200x: lots of fungi bits and good bacterial aggregates.
+===Pitfall trap: one medium jar in the middle of the pasture===
+#<b></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.
+#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.
+#Wait for 2 nights.
+#<b></b> — Get the jar filed with macrofauna and store it in the fridge (6 days).
+#<b></b> — Results:
+**26 unidentified small coleopteras all alive (3mm, oblong shape, black)
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 ==Notes==