Argentina field notes, v1528
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at various places near the top of the Bapda and one place a couple of km west. Lots of teca activity and lots of tunnels. Baited the cube traps with Cracker Paté or crackers and peanut butter. For all, set 17 steel traps and 31 cube traps - to catch Tetranychus. Set in early and mid-afternoon and checked most of them at about 7:30 p.m. - 3 times. The tecas are cutting and eating twigs of Steff's lumber such as Stillingia, Senna, [illegible], [illegible]. Lots of Stillingia on the lower south side, speciation at their roots, and with big orange brown fuzzy caterpillars eating their 'foliage'. The tetranychids are also found on other plants. Camped on Navarro. nov.14 3 more tecas in steel traps but no signs of any mice in the cube traps, all of which were set in burrows. Many of them plugged with dirt by tecas. One cube trap had a tool in it. Day sunny + warm. In afternoon set traps on the south side of the road near the stream in a rocky place, only a few sticky holes, the rest scattered brushes. Anita set 12 MS, 12 Shenom, and 1 steel; I set 12 MS, 19 Shenom. Left rest of traps out. Checked traps at 7 pm and bed 4 more Tetranychus nov.15 Night calm, clear, clear. Front on windshead. The steel traps in two burrows had 1 teca, plus 1 trap set in the middle of a big Stillingia had an abundant tetranychus. This was the only trap set above ground (except the series in the rocks across to road x Mng left