Sorting Insects
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 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 […]
By okeon_admin on Monday,August 10th, 2015 in Collecting, Sorting Insects, No Comments
Takuma Yoshida, our taxonomist and sorting technician, is leading a team of sorters to sort the insect specimens collected from the OKEON project. The sorters come from a variety of backgrounds, such as fields ranging from construction to photography.
