nsect dentification from raps

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nsect dentification
from raps

• Developed by Mike Brand MS
• 7th Grade Science Teacher
• Oasis Elementary (623)-412-4800
• Peoria, Arizona

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Setting up your trap line

• Scout an appropriate site for your trap line.
• Remember, it should be at least 50 meters in
  length to accommodate 10 traps.

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Trap preparation

• Set the first trap at your zero mark.
• Each of the following traps should be set at 5
  meters apart in a straight line.
• Make sure the lip of the trap cup is level to the
  surface of the ground.
• Push the soil over to the lip of the cup.

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Retrieving traps

• Return to the site after 72 hours to collect the
  traps.
• Empty all of the contents of the trap into a
  plastic baggie and seal it.
• Place the sealed baggie into the freezer for at
  least 48 hours.
• You are ready to identify your collection.

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Recording and Entering Data

• Record your data onto the data sheet
• Go to the Ecology Explorers website
• http//caplter.asu.edu/explorers/
• Enter your data in the Data Center
• http//caplter.asu.edu/eedata/index.jsp

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Insect Identification

• The following pictures are intended to assist in
  the identification of arthropods found in your
  traps.
• The photos are species that are likely to be
  found. Remember, there are many varying species
  in each order, and there are different stages
  that each species may be found in.

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Insect Identification

• These arthropod pictures are grouped by classes,
  and then by their orders.
• Order names on the picture slides are followed by
  the family names and/or common names.

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More than 8 legs

• Diplopoda - Millipede
• Isopoda Pillbug

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Diplopoda - millipede (10-30 mm)
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Isopoda - pillbug (4-15 mm)
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Isopoda - pillbug (nymph)
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Seed pod that resembles an isopod
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8 legs

• Acarina mite
• Araneae spider
• Pseudoscorpionida pseudoscorpion

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Acarina - mites (0.3 - 2 mm)
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Araneae - Clubionidae - sac spider (3 - 10 mm)
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Araneae - Salticidae - jumping spider ( 3 -15 mm)
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Araneae - Phalcidae - spider ( 8 - 20 mm)
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Pseudoscorpionida - pseudoscorpion ( 1 - 5 mm)
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6 legs

• Hemiptera
• Homoptera
• Coleoptera
• Hymenoptera
• Collembola
• Dermaptera

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Hemiptera - Lygaeidae - seed bugs ( 8 - 18 mm)
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Hemiptera - Berytidae - stilt bugs ( 5 - 9 mm)
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Hemiptera - Cydnidae ( 1 - 5 mm)
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Homoptera - Cicadellidae - leafhoppers ( 2 - 15
mm)
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Homoptera - Membracidae - treehoppers ( 5 - 15 mm)
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Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae - darkling beetles ( 2
- 35 mm)
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Coleoptera - Curculionidae - weevil ( 1 - 40 mm)
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Coleoptera - Staphylinidae - rove beetles ( 2 -
20 mm )
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Coleoptera - Melyridae ( 2 - 20 mm)
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Coleoptera - Carabidae - ground beetles ( 3 - 36
mm)
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Hymenoptera - Formicidae - Ants ( 1 -25 mm)
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Hymenoptera - Formicidae - Ants ( 1 -25 mm)
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Hymenoptera - Formicidae - Ants ( 1 -25 mm)
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Collembola - springtail (1-6 mm)
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Dermaptera - Labidae - earwig ( 6 -35 mm)
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6 legs (continued)

• Thysanura
• Isoptera
• Orthoptera
• Thysanoptera
• Siphonaptera
• Microcorphia
• Embiidina

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Thysanura - Lepismatidae - silverfish ( 9 -13 mm)
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Isoptera - Termitidae - termite ( 5 -25 mm)
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Orthoptera - grasshopper, cricket ( 5 -80 mm)
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Thysanoptera - thrip ( 0.5 - 3 mm)
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Siphonaptera - flea ( 0.5 - 5 mm)
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Microcorphia - Meinertellidae - jumping
bristletail ( 15 mm)
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Embiidina - Oligotomidae (8 -20 mm)
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Ecology Explorers

• Measuring with accuracy

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Ecology Explorers

• Observing ants

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Ecology Explorers

• Learning how to pin the specimen that are
  collected for display in your class
• Visiting the insect collection on campus

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The End