GREENWAYS & NATURAL LANDS

Invertebrate Monitoring

Collections of invertebrates will be made in conjunction with other activities. Samples of invertebrate "bycatch" in drift fences will be collected and will be placed collectively in a jar containing 70% isopropyl alcohol. The jar will be labeled with collection date(s), natural community type, and SCNL location. The jar and contents will be submitted to the University of Central Florida (U.C.F.) where staff will identify the specimens and deposit them in the U.C.F. collection, and forward a species list to SCNLP.

Other collections of insects made independently of vertebrate trapping events will be done as time and resources permit. Butterfly counts will be done in conjunction with the wildflower and bird surveys. Nightly moth surveys will be conducted quarterly contingent on available time and resources.

MONITORING PROTOCOL
GENERAL
	Most invertebrate captures will result from bycatch from the fences.
	No invertebrates that are commonly caught should be collected. Only animals that are new or unique should be collected and no more than one of them should be taken.
	If dead bugs are found in the traps then they should be collected.
	When using a butterfly net to capture invertebrates only those that cannot be identified in the field should be collected, and only one of each species should be sacrificed.
	Other methods include malaise traps, light traps, and hand capture.