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Practical animal ecology of pitfall trap was performed on 22 February 2017

06.00 GMT, and grab the next day or for 24 hours after installation. Pitfall trap
method is a method of catching animals with traps, especially for animals living on
the surface. The purpose of the pitfall trap method is to trap the animals land surface
(insects) to fall into it so that it can be done or identification to
collect/mengiventarisasi types of animals that are on the ground surface environment
traps, as well as counting the number of population, abundance, diversity and
distribution of types of insect perrmukaan land area in amatan. The first thing to do
this lab course is to make the trap insects by using liquid atraktan, later it entered into
aqua glass as much as of aqua glass. In the area of plot 3 meters long made 3 plot
points at a distance of 1 meter, then the point is perforated with a shovel until aqua
glass is flat to the surface. Then traps that have been made are covered with litter and
covered with the lid. From the observations and data analysis is done then it can be
known that species found include: Camponotus caryae (small black ants) amounted to
1, Cengkerik land (Allonemobius fasciatus), numbered 3 and Ant (Dolichoderus long)
amounted to 1.

Dolichoderus long (big black ants) and Camponotus caryae (small black ants)
are included in the category a bit, and found only in plot 1 only this may be due to
this type of ants indeed habitat or its activities near or frequently pass through the plot
area around the traps that have been made. The type of animal the surface the most
widely found as seen from cengkerik is ground (Allonemobius fasciatus). This may
be caused by activity or habitat of this land that cengkerik is indeed through or are in
the area around the plot of the traps that have been made. Cengkerik land is a kind of
insect of the family Gryllotapidae who traditionally live in the wild and also in the
dihutan area of the garden is mainly situated above ground level and hide behind a
litter. The presence of cenkerik in the ground can also indicate soil quality into its
Habitat. Each activity influence soil fauna yangkhas lingkunganlahan against
atautanah, there is a benefit for the plant, but there are also adverse soil fauna
especially on plants (Killham 1999). Cengkerik prefer places with litter that is
indicative of the adequacy of the humus so more potential fertility. Sugiyarto, (2000)
States that the more the amount of organic material is available, then the individual
number of the fauna of the land will be increased.
Based on observations of the fertility of the soil using the analyzer shows a
level soil fertility which is less by scale soil fertility was tagged too little, the lighting
and the acidity is neutral. Besides using animal diversity calculation on soil surface
only shows the number H ' = 0,950, 0,865, E = Equity and wealth of R = 1,243
indicate conditions not diverse, not spread out and the level of wealth of fauna
including low. Because when viewed from the animal results, there are only three
types, namely Dolichoderus long Camponotus caryae, Allonemobius fasciatus, and, it
also shows the fertility of the soil is less because when viewed from the condition of
the land being taken is the flow of water when it rains, so most likely is the presence
of litter and humus soil erosion by water which became the third of the animal
habitats, so that animals prefer not to first developed on the location of the taking of
the sample. Maftu'ah (2002), stated that the more the existence of fauna in soil is one
of the characteristics of the soil is healthy because the fauna being one important link
in the food chain in the soil, soil fauna can degrade organic materials.
Data obtained in accordance with the calculation can be seen from the number
of species and with at least the number and types of this species can be caused by
many factors such as fault praktikan in determining the location/area of the plot is
indeed a bit traversed by animals land surface may be because much of the habitat of
these animals and the State of the environment is not suitable for the activity of the
animals the ground surface. In addition, due to the rain and the location of the plots
are in the flow of water.