Abstract
Suction samplers are typically used with touch-down samples, where the nozzle is held stationary on the ground, or within an open-ended cylinder, where the nozzle is moved through the enclosed vegetation. With touch-down sampling, published estimates suggest that virtually all individuals and species of grassland invertebrate are captured within 3 s. Effects of suction duration on catch when sampling within a cylinder have rarely been investigated. Here, it was found that extrapolation from studies of touch-down sampling, based on the relative areas of the G-vac nozzle and the cylinder, can be used to guide minimum sampling durations for Auchenorrhyncha (leafhoppers and planthoppers) when using a G-vac. Additional time, however, may be necessary when sampling Araneae (spiders), probably because movement of the G-vac nozzle within the cylinder results in disturbance of the vegetation such that more specimens are made available to be captured than with touch-down sampling.
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