Cairngorm beetles and spiders (UK)

https://doi.org/10.5285/d251b39a-a5be-4193-89dc-6a7be9059d42

Beetles samples are not stored by species, but by habitat/trap/collection date. Spiders are aggregated by habitat and collection date. Entire samples cannot be removed from the collection, but could be made accessible for research purposes through request with the publishing author.

Entire samples cannot be removed from the collection

Samples are stored in glass vials using a preservative mixture of 70% IMS, 25% water and 5% glycerol. Beetles samples are not stored by species, but by habitat/trap/collection date. Spiders are aggregated by habitat and collection date.

Basic consideration required around COSHH safety procedure for the preservative, and can be made available on request.

Invertebrate , Arthropod

Whole body

Preserved in alcohol

Ground Beetle , Carabidae , Spiders , Arachnid , Cairngorms , Invertebrate ground predator

Beetles and spiders were collected in pitfall traps on a two-weekly basis between March and early November. Each habitat contained 10 pitfall traps, spaced 10 m apart. For spiders, samples were aggregated by habitat and collection date prior to analysis. The number of male and females of each species was recorded by the same expert araneologist for the duration (2004-2021). Protocols for the invertebrate collection and monitoring can be downloaded from https://ecn.ac.uk/measurements/terrestrial/i.

Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1