Fruit Preference Among Terrestrial Macroinvertebrates on the Campus of Juniata College

• Joshua Duggan

  Juniata College

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• Noah Rahn

  Juniata College

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• Madison Kyle

  Juniata College

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Our experiment examined the fruit preference (apple, pear, banana or orange) of terrestrial macroinvertebrates on the Juniata College campus. We hypothesized that the banana option would be preferred, because bananas contain the highest sugar per gram of the fruit options. We tested this hypothesis by setting eight baited traps, two of each fruit option, around the campus of Juniata College in randomly selected locations. After twenty-four hours, we collected the traps and quantified the amount of macroinvertebrates. Afterwards, we ran an ANOVA single-factor test for significance. The results showed no significance among fruit preference of terrestrial macroinvertebrates on the campus of Juniata College.

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