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Mypal Leng
1969
Journal
14
Papa Leon Tree, 150+ ft., Depto. Lima, Peru
July 3
6:00am We drove out to where we had set the
snap-traps last night. 20% of mine had been
snapped, but I caught nothing. Ray didn't
catch anything with his snap traps either, but
in 1 large Sherman was a small dead
Phyllotis darwini.
6:00am We drove out to the potential study
area near San Bartolo where Dr. Plasmans Ray
had set traps yesterday. They didn't catch
anything, but found the skin of a small snake.
We drove over to the other side of the valley
where the sandy Tillandsia slopes are, and
set traps out. Rays I set the small
Shemans on opposite sides of a ridge,
and Carl set 40 large Shermans in
a penicilch paralleling mine on the slope.
This area may be good for studying interaction
between geckos and spiders. We found 2
live geckos yesterday. Both they and spiders
seem to occupy small holes in the sand.
Perhaps the geckos invade the webs & eat the
spiders. There are an abundance of these
tiny burrows (not more than an inch wide)
but nothing seems to be in them. We
plan to return soon at night to look
around. I found what appear to be
fox burrows in a dry ravine below the