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BUGS AND SOIL
September 9 and 12, 2003

Ben and soil

Site 1  Tall Grass
Temperature 66F  18C
Weather:  Partly Cloudy
Insects Found
2 carpenter ants
1 termite
1 June bug
2 wolf spiders
2 silver fish
1 bee or fly
                               
                                 soil on concrete  
Soil
Temperature  69F  22C
Observations:  somewhat damp, feels like clay, some vegetation and rock material inside the soil, some small clumps

looking near a building

Site 2  Leafy Side of Building
Temperature 81F  28C
Weather:  Partly Cloudy
Insects Found
1 red spider
2 black spiders
1 unidentified spider
8 carpenter ants and a carpenter ant hill (too many to count)
1 dragon fly
1 honey bee
5 silver fish
1 yellow jacket
Soil
Temperature  75F  23 1/2C
Observations:  very fine sand, but dark, clumps, made up of some little rocks, some vegetation matter, grainy

near the river bank

Site 3  River Bank
Temperature  72F  23C
Weather:  Partly Cloudy
Insects Found
2 bees
5 gnats
1 jumping spider
2 flies
1 aphid
1 albino spider
dragonfly
Soil
Temperature 66F  19C
Observations:  dark brown and wet like clay, very moist, slimy and mushy, very little vegetation, no rocks  
             damp soil                       
leaf pile

Site 4 Pile of Leaves
Temperature 86F  29C
Weather:  Sunny and warm
Insects Found
41 ants (red and black)
14 termites
2 wandering spiders
6 spiders
1 wolf spider
1 turret spider
1 beetle
1 monkey spider
2 dragon flies
11 cucumber flying beetles
3 beetles
1 fly
5 yellow flying beetles                              
                                                                   bug in hand
Soil
Temperature  70F 20C
Observations: the color was a dark brown, can compress it into a ball, easy to dig into, feels smooth, inside soil are shiny grains, small black rocks, small twig and root pieces.
net

Site 5 Pile of Sticks Near Water
Temperature  95F  36C
Weather:  Sunny
Insects Found
2 black ants
1 red ant
3 dragon flies
1 cricket
5 ants
1 horse fly
1 grasshopper
1 red skimmer
               in field
Soil
Temperature 75F 24C
Observations:  lighter color of brown than site 4, somewhat moist but won't compact, harder to penetrate, matter inside the soil includes larger rocks, small twigs, an ant, bug leg, and leaf
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