Last year, I tallied up all my myriapod collecting from 2021 and now it’s time to take a look back at 2022’s collecting! This was my first full year of having my homemade Berlese funnels up and running, and I was excited to see how the species I collected would change from season to season. For each Berlese sample, I typically left the litter in for 5-7 days with an 8-hour light/16-hour dark cycle (I didn’t want to leave the lights on when I was not at home). I also removed the top layer of dried out litter every few days and replaced it with moist litter that hadn’t been cycled through yet, mixing up the litter as I added in the new batch.
