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But for those of us in the natural sciences, there often exists another glamorous component... Fieldwork. In our lab, this often involves travelling to different countries and exploring different kinds of habitats to sample insects. From swampy mangroves and dense forests to urban neighbourhoods, insects can occupy a whole range of niches. We collect insects from different environments and whenever possible, we try to observe what they do in the 'wild'.
Brian Gress (grad student from previous lab) observing mating flies on a farm in New York, US.
Dita Vitosa (colleague) collecting mating pairs of flies on a farm in Derbyshire, UK.
Tiffany Lum (undergrad) capturing mantids along Kent Ridge.
Driving across the US to collect flies along a east-west transect.
Sean Yap (grad student) surveying insects along the rail corridor with a vital accessory: an insect sweep net.
Sean collecting insects from traps in Acadia National Park, US.
Collecting flies off monkey poop on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.
Dr. P hanging with a particularly chill cow in New York.
Collecting flies in middle of Nebraska, US.
Providers of the substrate we need.
The dung we collect needs to be frozen at -80C prior to experimental use. So here's 'packaging' the dung with members of the EvoLab.