Sample name: North of Caldwell (open pasture, 1979)

Reference: G. T. Fincher, R. R. Blume, J. S. Hunter III, and K. R. Beerwinkle. 1986. Seasonal distribution and diel flight activity of dung-feeding scarabs in open and wooded pasture in east-central Texas. Southwestern Entomologist Supplement 10:1-35 [ER 323]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 29.1

CMT: 10.1

MAP: 996.0

Habitat comments: open area of a cattle pasture
average precip 995.9 based on data for College Station, "which is the approximate yearly average rainfall at the study site"
average CMT and WMT are based on College Station data

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: no design,baited,other traps

Sample size: 108340 captures or sightings

Years: 1979, 1980

Days: 174

Nets or traps: 1

Net or trap nights: 174

Sampling comments: a single "battery-operated, automated underground" trap with a "large funnel" that was baited with "swine feces" and "operated 3-4 days/wk" between March 1979 and November 1980, i.e., for approximately 174 days
all beetles were captured and released

Sample number: 638

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 20:23:18

Modified: 2015-09-29 10:24:04