Tool/s used in the field. It is assumed that a camera will be used to backup all methods.
Observation | Method of surveying for invertebrates |
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Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Just Camera | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Mercury vapor light sheet | |
Light trap | |
Light trap | |
Light trap |
I added "Wooden disc", a method commonly used in New Zealand where a sawn disc from an untreated tree trunk (typically a pine) gets left on the ground and regularly checked to see which invertebrates move in under the disk. For details, see Bowie, M.H. and Frampton, C.M. 2004. A practical technique for non‐destructive monitoring of soil surface invertebrates for ecological restoration programmes. Ecological Management & RestorationVolume 5(1), https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.00171.x
I also added "Wooden tree-mounted shelter", another common NZ invertebrate monitoring method where small wooden shelters are mounted in trees. The shelters have a small entrance small enough to keep out house mice. We also call these "weta motels" here, after one group of insects that commonly occupy these shelters. See Bowie M, Hodge S, Banks J, Vink C. 2006. “An appraisal of simple tree-mounted shelters for non-lethal monitoring of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae) in New Zealand nature reserves.” International Journal of Insect Conservation 10: 261-268.
I just added "pan trap" with options yellow, white, and blue. It's a commonly used method of collecting pollinators, at least here in NZ. The pan is an open plastic container filled with water, with a few drops of detergent or other surfactant to break the surface tension, and often some preservative like sodium benzoate to slow the rotting.
Do you think you could add "UV light sheet" and "MV light sheet" to distinguish them from "light trap"?