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Araba Bioscan

Araba Bioscan 15-22 January 2021

Data for the period 15-22 January 2021

See the Araba Bioscan Project page for background information on the project and methods.

Notes

This week’s sample included three individuals of a Ulonemia (Hemiptera: Tingidae) species that seems not to be Ulonemia burckhardti, which had already been recorded. According to Shofner 2018 that species has “metasternal carinae straight, parallel, width equal to mesosternal carinae”, whereas the new insects show significant widening of these carinae relative to the mesosternal carinae.

A Camponotus specimen in the sample was heavily infested with small dark discs, apparently the spores of a fungus, most likely Myrmicinosporidium durum, although all records of this parasite to date seem to be from the northern hemisphere.

The sample also included the first plume moth for the project, one individual of Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840), a species of near-global distribution.

Sample images

Sample for 15-22 January 2021
ArabaBioscan-2021-01-22

Environmental measurements

Sunrise and sunset sourced from Sunrise-Sunset and relate to the listed date. All other measurements are calculated for the 24-hour period to 09:00.

Date16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan
Sunrise06:06:2806:07:2906:08:2906:09:3006:10:3206:11:3406:12:36
Sunset20:20:3420:20:1420:19:5120:19:2720:19:0020:18:3220:18:02
Mean temperature (°C)18.917.420.023.019.819.123.5
Max temperature (°C)31.927.932.535.636.230.736.4
Min temperature (°C)8.99.510.613.511.510.214.6
Mean humidity (%)37.943.048.245.251.355.643.6
Max humidity (%)65.067.085.083.073.087.072.0
Min humidity (%)19.021.017.018.018.027.018.0
Mean soil moisture (%)24.222.921.921.120.920.820.3
Max soil moisture (%)26.023.023.022.021.021.021.0
Min soil moisture (%)23.022.021.021.020.020.019.0
Mean relative pressure (hPa)1008.81013.31015.71014.81020.91021.51015.2
Max relative pressure (hPa)1012.31016.31017.41019.01024.91024.91021.1
Min relative pressure (hPa)1005.61010.81013.61012.01016.41019.91013.0
Mean absolute pressure (hPa)931.4935.9938.3937.4943.5944.1937.8
Max absolute pressure (hPa)934.9938.9940.0941.6947.5947.5943.7
Min absolute pressure (hPa)928.2933.4936.2934.6939.0942.5935.6
Daily rainfall (mm)0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Sunshine hours9.59.59.59.69.79.49.3
Max solar radiation (W/m2)893.1880.8891.8891.8907.71032.5895.5
Max UV index88888108
Mean wind speed (km/h)2.51.61.31.31.61.01.0
Mean wind direction118.5146.3200.4192.472.572.7228.9
Max gust (km/h)22.016.614.816.616.69.413.0

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