Week 9: Final Week!
Geneva Monday was an exciting way to start the last week of my internship. Since I will be unable to attend Cornell Agritech’s open house, my faculty mentor offered to give me a tour ...
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Geneva Monday was an exciting way to start the last week of my internship. Since I will be unable to attend Cornell Agritech’s open house, my faculty mentor offered to give me a tour ...
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Spotted My First Adult! While out doing my weekly spotted lanternfly collection, I was finally able to see a spotted lanternfly adult in person. These insects really are pretty; too bad they are invasive. ...
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Fifty-five hours! This week I completed my fifth collection of twenty spotted lanternflies. This time, all of the insects I collected were in their 4th instar stage. Throughout each instar, fifty-five hours is about ...
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Orange County On Monday I was able to meet with the faculty sponsor of my internship, Alejandro Calixto. It was great to see him again and to show him them work I have done ...
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Fourth Instars! I started off Week 5 of my internship by collecting spotted lanternflies in Port Jervis, NY. Port Jervis is unique as it borders both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey borders, both of ...
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Staff Meeting To start off the week, I was finally able to meet everyone at the CCE Ulster office during the staff meeting on Tuesday. This was a really interesting meeting to sit in ...
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Recap: Last Friday One of my projects this summer is going to be setting traps in vineyards around Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties. This project serves two purposes: one reason is to detect the ...
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Bug Collecting! Last Friday, I was able to go on my first solo bug hunt in Port Jervis, NY. One of my projects over the course of this internship is to monitor how long ...
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Day 1: An Exciting Start! On Tuesday, June 14th, my internship began in an unexpected place: behind a Lowe’s parking lot in Orangeburg, NY. This unsuspecting location was the perfect spot for an invasion ...
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