North Carolina Bound!
I had a great weekend in New Orleans and promise to post pictures and details soon. It's 4am here in New Orleans and I will soon be on my way to the airport, headed back to North Carolina! I can't wait to see the 4th graders tomorrow! Thank you so much for following my journey this past week. I learned so much and have a much greater appreciation and understanding for science and the work that scientists do. Check back soon to find out how the rest of the trip went.
I just received an email from Rebecca Hazen, our lead investigator, with the following information:
I just wanted to share the following tallies from our 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.
See you soon!
posted by Ms. Coleman @ 5:49 AM
4 Comments:
Garden Snake
- Sidharth Sirdeshmukh
my caterpillar was thrown away in the hotel we stayed at we had our do not disturb sign up but they came in and cleaned (we told them to stay out but they didn't speak English) (menacing music sounds) it was pupateing(or pupating) and made a sling for itself and eating(and pooping) like crazy!!! Now it is pupating in a dumpster or landfill somewhere far away, BYE BYE FROM #m $i chael michael
Those are interesting facts. I feel bad for the 19 caterpillars that have parasitoids.
from,
Kevin
Hi Ms Coleman, I think it's amazing that you have found 13 different families of caterpillars. But I feel sad for those caterpillars that have parasitoids on them. What was that thin behind you - it was called the Jazz & Heritage festival?
Oh. and what do you do with the caterpillars you find and the information you gather?
I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
From Erin.
P.S. I think the answer to yesterdays question is a Green Garden Snake.
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