{"id":31743,"date":"2013-08-06T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T19:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=31743"},"modified":"2013-08-06T12:10:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T19:10:18","slug":"windy-bugs-insect-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=31743","title":{"rendered":"Windy Bugs — Insect processing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last couple of weeks, we resampled our Sierra Madre and Choke Cherry sites. \u00a0The trips were pretty fast since we have our system down, and other than a couple rebar stakes damaged by cattle, uneventful.<\/p>\n

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A cow contemplates messing with our traps<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hanging out at camp<\/p><\/div>\n

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A difficult fence<\/p><\/div>\n

We have been spending a good amount of time processing insect samples in the lab. \u00a0I enjoy this task and find it relaxing. \u00a0Once you settle into a groove, the pinning goes very fast and I am always amazed by the beauty of the insects.<\/p>\n

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Melecta<\/em>, an Anthophora<\/em> brood parasite<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lasioglossum<\/em> and Bombus\u00a0<\/em>bees<\/p><\/div>\n

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an Ichneumid wasp<\/p><\/div>\n

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Agapostemon<\/em>, a common halictid bee<\/p><\/div>\n

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Swallowtail (Papilio<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hawkmoth (Sphingidae)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some gorgeous Osmia,\u00a0<\/em>orchard bees<\/p><\/div>\n

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A robber fly (Asilidae)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pinning is an art and always done with full respect to the animals. \u00a0While it is difficult for me to actively (and passively) kill so many insects, I am happy to be part of a conservation project and be able to document the insects in an understudied area. \u00a0I also enjoy handling and identifying them. \u00a0After collection in the field, the insects are stored in whirlpaks until we can process them in the lab. \u00a0They are cleaned, sorted, and lovingly pinned, then stored until the field season is over, when I will start to identify them.<\/p>\n

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Insects in a whirlpak, waiting to be pinned<\/p><\/div>\n

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Aaron correctly positions the pin on a wasp<\/p><\/div>\n

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My workspace<\/p><\/div>\n

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Me in our storage area with a small subset of the insects we’ve collected this summer<\/p><\/div>\n

Next week will bring another field trip to Sierra Madre and pinning, as well as recreational enjoyment of the fading Wyoming summer. \u00a0Being on a college campus and watching students trickle back to town is certainly a reminder that autumn is looming!<\/p>\n

Sadie Luna Todd
\nCLM intern, UWyo WYNDD\/BLM
\nLaramie, WY<\/p>\n

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