may 25 A light sprinkle sometime during the night, morning Clear, no frost, windy. Trophline held 2 Dryzomys? 7 Elpidomys, and 12 Akodon oliv? Why much better catch last night than night before? Morning Clear, started to cloud over in mid-afternoon. Spent most of morning working on INTA field notes from Estacion Los Moneros and Sierra Grande. Drove to Puerto Montana and look for photos. Only one deer on road. may 26 Mostly sunny. Final shining and started packing & cleaning. Javier Calvo and his large "team" (Gustavo, Abel, Agustin) dropped in at 7 with a cake and Pepsi for a despedida, and Charlie at 8:30 to 11. may 27 mild rain + snow. Sorted specimens & packed may 28 milder rain + snow; left 2pm. Victor at Goya Curicbe recommends a new book "Plantas Vasculares de Argentina" by Osvaldo Bachelar June 25 Berkeley. Took some yellow jacket specimen collected occurs to Georgi in Bardeelo in May to Worry Middalpauf who found Dr. Bolt Visquer on the Berkeley campus. They agreed on an identification; Vespsula germanica a spp European species introduced into Chile "A Vespea destructor" "within the past few years". There are no native Vespsulas in Patagonia. They are known to enlarge their range 200 miles per year. Each nest produces 50 to 700 gynecotiled queens, which are the individuals that disperse and over-winter.