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What is this?
Posted: March 30th, 2018, 1:49 pm
by spothogg
Came across this in the woods today.
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Re: What is this?
Posted: March 30th, 2018, 2:26 pm
by big bend gyrene
Found a very similar image on google that describes a "pitfall trap" for collecting insects. Can't swear that's what it is, but sure looks similar (plate staked in ground above a cup in a hole).
http://wiki.bugwood.org/Collecting_insects
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Re: What is this?
Posted: March 30th, 2018, 6:17 pm
by spothogg
Thanks! I guess I could have asked the Google. My next question would be why and who? The market flag had a alphanumeric marking. Wonder if it’s for research of some kind.
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Re: What is this?
Posted: March 30th, 2018, 7:47 pm
by Scoop Sea
I concur that it's most likely related to an insect study (types, population, etc). The marking flag would be relative to a true study being conducted, if I had to guess, I would suspect that Q2 stands for Quadrant 2 and or the Q somehow ties into the property ID. For an April Fool's joke, you could put a couple of very small baitfish in there, I reckon they would summize it rained fish and a couple flopped in there
Re: What is this?
Posted: April 2nd, 2018, 3:30 pm
by spothogg
Scoop Sea wrote:I concur that it's most likely related to an insect study (types, population, etc). The marking flag would be relative to a true study being conducted, if I had to guess, I would suspect that Q2 stands for Quadrant 2 and or the Q somehow ties into the property ID. For an April Fool's joke, you could put a couple of very small baitfish in there, I reckon they would summize it rained fish and a couple flopped in there
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