Berlese trap (10583) In Stock Now

A Berlese apparatus is a simple design used to extract living organisms. Starting from the bottom, you have a collection container (a cup, bottle, etc.) filled with a preservative (alcohol or propylene glycol). Suspended above the container is a funnel with a mesh, on top of which leaf litter or soil is placed (typically it is sifted in the field before being placed in the funnel to increase extraction efficiency). On top of this funnel is a heat source (lamp) that drives the arthropods down through the mesh by the desiccation gradient induced by the heat source.

Comes with 2 setups for the classroom. A heat source, funnel, mesh screen, mason jar, and alcohol.