It's been stormy in Iceland this past week, and we have been stuck inside instead of going out on the boat as planned. The main thing we've been working in is counting all those vacuum samples. By my tally, we have finished 79 out of 164 samples, which is fantastic progress!. I currently hold the record for most mites in one sample, but have been surpassed in most samples counted. But to be fair, I've counted some pretty nasty samples.
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| A typical vacuum sample |
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| One of my favorites, the lace bug |
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| Collembola, the second most abundant species we find |
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| And mites. A lot of mites. |
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| The record holding mite tally! |
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