Sweeping up the Worlds Biodiversity

Cleaning a Malaise Trap head using a Swiffer duster soaked in ELIMINase in the Mixedwood plains ecoregion in Snowy Southern Ontario. Arthropod samples collected by this trap will be DNA barcoded and uploaded to the Barcode of Life Database, contributing to the registering of new species worldwide as part of the Planetary Biodiversity Mission.