Collecting
By okeon_admin on Tuesday,October 30th, 2018 in Ants, Collecting, News, OPG, Research, Visit, No Comments
We visited Taiwan for the research of Red Imported Fire Ant in Taiwan. Not to be stung. The safety issue is always important for us, but… Yoshi got several this time (T_T) when he tried to collect alates from colony. They are very good fighters and succeed to break into from our cuff… (-_-)
By okeon_admin on Wednesday,April 5th, 2017 in Collecting, OKEON update, Sorting Insects, No Comments
It is close to two years since we started to set up the field network. Originally it was simply an idea, then we set up 24 field sites across Okinawa with 72 SLAM traps as well as weather stations, acoustic recorders, and camera traps. With the assistance of various people this network was created in […]
By okeon_admin on Wednesday,March 29th, 2017 in Ants, Collaboration, Collecting, Education, No Comments
OKEON Churamori Project continues to collaborate with local high school. We came up with an ant survey kit that teachers can use as part of their classes. We provide this new educational tool to the teachers and help them manage their projects. Once the teachers complete their projects they donate the specimens, which become part […]
By okeon_admin on Monday,October 31st, 2016 in Biodiversity, Collecting, Data, Research, Sorting Insects, No Comments
A rarely-collected ant species, Protanilla lini, has been identified from a SLAM trap sample that was collected from Hentona High School (site04) between September and October last year. Protanilla lini belongs to the subfamily Leptanillinae. All members of the family are small, subterranean and often blind ants that are very rarely collected. We know very […]
By okeon_admin on Monday,September 5th, 2016 in Biodiversity, Collaboration, Collecting, Education, Outreach, Research, Sorting Insects, No Comments
While there are many different ways to answer this question, one important collaboration is with high schools in Okinawa. OKEON Chura-mori Project has been developing a new model of high school – university collaboration which benefits students, teachers and researchers alike. For the past year, OKEON has worked with Futenma, Kyuyou, Kaiho and Hentona High […]
