Today we arose ready to the real work of research. Everyone donned on their rubberboots, raingear and headed out to collect. Out here you do not go anywhere without a raincoat. We are high enough that when it rains it is COLD!
The morning was spent looking under leaves, ontop of leaves and anywhere else a caterpillar might hide. We had some success. A few things we found were Arctidae, Notodontidae, Pyrallidae, Geometridae, and Megalopigidae.
In the afternoon. Emily, Willmer and I, sorted, identified and bagged caterpillars. Every caterpillar that is collected is identified, its host plant is identified and the caterpillar is given a number.
Willmer is one of the many brilliant parataxonimist working at the station. I think that all Emily and I did was slow him down. (it is hard to spell catapillar names in Spanish!) Fortunatly, he is patient and I am learning a lot from him.
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