Alaska journal, v4432
Page 103
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Naches- 1967 Journal [18 July] Collected 1 P.d. and 6 alpine in the afternoon to check stomach contents while I know tipulias are down. Until the work does goes down, however, I will pickle the stomachs for later analysis. 19 July Barrow, Alaska Spent most of the day counting up the car traps between 3 and 15 July. Interesting- tipula : 1600 ♂ : 425 ♀ Prionocory : 10♂ : 1♀ Pedicia : 474♂ : 130♀ i.e. - the sex ratio diverges most from 1 in tipula, not Pedicia. Also, this differs (I'll wager significantly) from the results for tipula 15-18 July. After that wrote up descriptions of feeding observations - short form (see attached) and long-form - and gave them to Eona to type. Finished bottling and labeling tipulio samples, then drove to Birnik for duck soup dinner with the in-laws. Went back to lab later to freeze tipulio material and measure skulls, then home to write notes. 20 July Barrow, Alaska In the morning Don and I counted the tangle foots. Insects are way down from last time. Decided to