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June 26 Delphacids Located (all stages) on
high grass topped Javelin ridge. Many
adults collected. = Hardya youngi
June 29
Sampling on midge plots. This area, there
was a blanket of snow 1 ½" thick on
tundra. About an hour later, it had melted.
Weather for afternoon event was overcast with
light west wind. Midge adults much
less conspicuous than on the 26th. Only as
occasional one encounter. All counts down
over last time, g.v.
July 2
Sampling on ridge - afternoon overcast with
rain by 3:30 p.m. activity mostly midges
on arctophila ponds and at the ridge
plots. Water traps in arctophila pond yielded
16 Dytis cida adults; the large midge
females & pupae thereof. Fungivorida went
up in the counts to almost 1 per sq. meter
per 15 minutes of observation. Spider
activity down over last time with only
2 seen. Same holds for anthomyids
but rain doubtless had an effect
on them. 1st Betasites blossoms
noted. Pandes becoming quite
queen