Some would hop away others would just stay put. Much to my disappointment the grasshoppers seemed mostly bored by this strange new wind source. I decided on another tactic: spot a grasshopper and then move in with the bugvac. After much waving about and enthusiastic sampling I didn’t manage to catch a single grasshopper. Well, it turns out to be completely ineffective. Slick design eh? “An elegant weapon for a more civilized age” Only $200 will buy you a sawed off craftsman (now “aftsman”) dust buster with a special attachment on the front, basically a tube with a mesh cage to ensure the bugs are plastered to the wire and not minced in the machinery. Master Kenobi puts it best: the lightsaber in Jedi: Fallen Order is an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. So we decided to use this extremely fancy tool – a bugvac! Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order lightsaber guide.
We started out by just hand catching all of the grasshoppers within a 1 meter square… not easy. It turns out getting good density estimates of grasshoppers is hard. Well, the lizard stuff is looking good but it’s time now to start sampling those consumers in the shape of insect herbivores, particularly grasshoppers. As part of my research question I am trying to demonstrate that because of the high productivity in the glades (remember?) we’ll find more primary consumers (herbivores) and secondary consumers closer to glades than farther away.
