Numbers from the Field

We spent part of Saturday and Sunday back at Tulane University helping Rebecca finalize the data from the week of fieldwork.

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.
WOW!!!!!

Here is a picture of the lovely Park View Guest House where we stayed when in New Orleans. We had Sunday afternoon and evening free and spent time down in the French Quarter shopping, listening to great music, eating beignets at the famouse Cafe du Monde, and later a crawfish po' boy. In the evening the whole crew met up at a sushi place and we enjoyed our last meal together. I just have to share a picture of the awesome Caterpillar Roll we ordered (it was almost too cute to eat, but delicious!)

This morning, after a run in beautiful Audubon park, I packed up my bags and said goodbye to the wonderful friends I made on this trip. I am looking forward to keeping in touch and even sharing teaching ideas with my new teacher buddies.

I have a few CLUE pix to share with you that may help you answer challenge questions from earlier posts. See what you think!

I am also going to post some requested Garden District mansion photos. The one with the carriage belongs to Nicholas Cage. The white house below is the one that was in the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.