Habitat information

When collecting larvae or pupae in a particular microhabitat, a collecting number is written on the bag or on the container with a permanent marker. This collecting number is composed of three letters corresponding to the initials of the collector's name or family name followed by a consecutive number corresponding to the order of the collecting (LGCh 158 or BHB 200).

In the field notebook, a detailed description of the sampled microhabitat, light conditions, the color and odor of water, the type of forest or collecting habitat are written in association with the collecting number. When collecting in bromeliads, the height in which the bromeliad was located and its size (small, medium, or large) must be recorded. When collecting in holes of tree poles, the position (horizontal or vertical) and size of the opening, and the depth are estimated and recorded. For puddles and lagoons, their diameter and depth are estimated. In all cases when larvae are associated with plants or holes in three poles, the common or scientific name of the hosted plant has to be documented.

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