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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) | |||
* | *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== | ||