Malaysian Bat Education Adventure

Jun
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31st May 2010

By tkingston

Hi Folks
Another quiet night. The traps set were KL0763, KL0765, KL0767, KL0769, KL0771, KL0773, KL0775, KL0777, KL0779, KL0781, KL0783, KL0785, and we are now slowly trapping back towards the grid. It was a clear night, with no rain.

In an effort to make up for the nights lost to rain we have been trapping non-stop for about a week now (with the break for Kota Gelanggi cave). Everyone is pretty exhausted, so we are taking a break from trapping tonight. There is still lots do though! We need to catch up on sorting out the insects collected every night we trap (which I’ll talk about next), and the faecal samples, so that’s tonight’s entertainment.

Here are last night’s data:

Band R Date Time Trap Species Sex Age FA(mm) Wt(g)
MBCRUC0876 R 31-May-10 21:00 KL0767 Rhinolophus lepidus F A 41.0 7.75
MBCRUC0916 R 31-May-10 21:00 KL0771 Kerivoula papillosa M A 41.5 9.75
MBCRU5575 R 31-May-10 21:00 KL0781 Kerivoula intermedia M A 28.6 3.75
MBCRC2135 R 31-May-10 21:00 KL0777 Rhinolophus trifoliatus F A 53.1 13.75
MBCRUC2222 31-May-10 7:00 KL0785 Rhinolophus trifoliatus F A 48.5 14.50
MBCRU5513 R 31-May-10 7:00 KL0767 Kerivoula intermedia M A 22.7 3.25
MBCRUC2221 31-May-10 7:00 KL0785 Rhinolophus trifoliatus M A 49.5 14.25
MBCRUC0915 R 31-May-10 7:00 KL0783 Hipposideros bicolor 142kHz F A 44.3 9.25

Best wishes
Dr Kingston

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