Journal, insect samplings, and species accounts from Alaska, v4400
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Beaver 1967 Alaska Journal 59 27 July (cont.) won't come off. We finished reading and regroping all the boards shortly after lunch and then left for site D. Here we vacuumed 1 meter square areas (3 sq ft/m) on the Black Ridge near the windnet system. It's raining now again. We charged the skilby boards and checked the can traps and then the Emergenc trap. We left for site II and did the same. We returned at 1200 fairly well soaked. My cold is much better today. Hopes it ends soon. I turn in early. 28 July I slept in today and I feel much better now. It is raining again today and very foggy. Temp about 40-45°F - not real cold. Skye and I counted digester larvae from the soil samples all AM. The material is from 3 sets of soil samples. I spent the PM working on the parasitic fauna I collected almost a month ago now. It should make a good skin, I hope. I had to borrow Edna M. hair dryer to dry the feathers since the air in the main lab was off. 29 July I finished the F. Jaeger in AM. It came out fairly well. This morning has been foggy and cold ≈ 34°F. By noon, it appeared to be lifting a little. We planned to go to the