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Weather during count clear
slight wind, relatively
warm
Meter Plot No. 1
(front scar)
Date July 11, 1952
A. Berreid, Alaska
Plurd
Traps
1) 3 Dytiscid larvae; 3
spiders 1 dytiscid Ad.
2) 1 dytiscid larva
3) empty water level
helm funnel open
Traps moved this date.
had ½" water
from last night's
rain
Can count: 3 Chrysemela subcuculata. 7 Tupilids. 11
Spiders + 20 Collembola; ±50 midge (rain soaked).
+ 3 Saldids
Surface fauna: Cecidomyidae ±30, fungionidae ±5;
Chrysemela subcuculata 1; Muscid flies 20;
Staphylinidae 3; 6 spiders; 1 Tenthredinid. Chironomids
& mosquitoes + ceratopogonids flying in + at of note
plot during 15 minute count. 17 annul ±100, Tupilids 2.
68
Berlese sample: 7 mm of Collembola + mites in 8X90mm
vial. 12th Berlese sample saved = 1 anemone
lover a Protura - with looking at.
Vegetation notes: Betasites full bloom with Bombyx
occasionally visiting & carrying loads of pollen.
Remarks: many tundra pools in this area dried up + with
great swarms of midges - a few Tupilids