Parting Stats

Hello everyone! Late last night, or perhaps I should say early this morning, tallies came in from our week of field collections. During our 7 days in the field last week, we:

-collected 513 caterpillars from 13 families in plots and general collections.

-reared 19 parasitoids (and many more are likely to be on the way!...)

-completed assessments for 10 plots, which translates to estimating 2,033,790 leaves from 785 square meters of bottomland hardwood forest and Cypress-Tupelo Swamp.

I've truly enjoyed working with such a diverse, enthusiastic, dedicated and talented group of teachers and researchers.