Trap ID 20 – Frösslunda alvar

Trap owner: Håkan Lundkvist, Frösslunda
Major habitat: alvar pasture

 
Locality: SE, Öl, Mörbylånga kommun, Frösslunda alvar, north eastern part
GPS coordinates: WGS 84 decimal 56.647450, 16.577250
Or, alternatively, WGS 84 g/m/s +56° 32 50.82", +16° 34 38.10"
Trap head (collector) direction: 104°

Predominating vegetation (alphabetical order): Anemone pratensis, Filipendula vulgaris, Galium boreale, Globularia vulgaris, Helianthemum nummularium, Helictotrichon pratense, Juniperus communis, Oenothera biennis, Prunus spinosa, Sedum acre, Thymus serpyllum serpyllum

Additional notes:
The trap was protected from snooping cows (picture 3 to the right) by electric fens. The strange red “thing”, reaching from the stone wall to the ulterior end of the trap is one of the National Road Administration’s plastic road marking snow sticks. The sole purpose with the stick was to stretch up the trap.

The trap has been emptied 24 times during June 25, 2003 and December 30, 2005 as follow: 
Coll ID      Period
233           2003.vi.25-2003.vii.20
234           2003.vii.20-2003.viii.12
235           2003.viii.12-2003.ix.01
236           2003.ix.01-2003.x.05
237           2003.x.05-2003.x.26
975           2003.x.26-2003.xii.16
976           2003.xii.16-2004.iv.01
977           2004.iv.01-2004.iv.29
978           2004.iv.29-2004.v.27
979           2004.v.27-2004.vi.11
980           2004.vi.11-2004.vi.26
981           2004.vi.26-2004.vii.28
982           2004.vii.28-2004.viii.24
983           2004.viii.24-2004.x.20
984           2004.x.20-2004.xi.14
1493         2004.xi.14-2005.iii.31
1494         2005.iii.31-2005.v.09
1495         2005.v.09-2005.vi.03
1496         2005.vi.03-2005.vi.26
1497         2005.vi.26-2005.vii.05
1498         2005.vii.05-2005.viii.02
1499         2005.viii.02-2005.ix.10
1500         2005.ix.10-2005.x.31
1501         2005.x.31-2005.xii.30

Leg.: The Swedish Malaise Trap Project (SMTP)