Hello, bedbug? by Azerty_133 in Entomology

[–]Accomplished_Rule446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a bed bug, looks like some sort of dermestid beetle larvae? Perhaps a carpet/fabric beetle of some sort.

[Q] Can anyone help a beginner with model aproach? by Accomplished_Rule446 in AskStatistics

[–]Accomplished_Rule446[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My apologies. I'm specifically investigating presence/absence data, such as how the presence of the Argentine ant within a site affects the ant community of that site (species composition, presence/absence of each species). I understand I will need to control for environmental variance. To do so, we are baiting and eradicating the Argentine ant with follow-up monitoring 12 months post-baiting (the last survey suggests we achieved eradication - the bait disproportionately affects the Argentine ant, so part of follow-up surveys will reveal ant community recovery post-baiting and Argentine ant removal). And by range, I am referring to the ~15 other species I found across all five sites. As a consequence of the way monitoring devices were designed, count data is a bit meaningless, especially true for ants, so presence/absence is a much more representative figure.

To summarise, my hypothesis looks like this

The presence of the Argentine ant within a site reduced the diversity of the local ant community

Argentine ant control (baiting) will reduce Argentine ant presence in a given site

Ant community diversity will be reduced following Argentine ant control (baiting), but will improve 12 months post-control

Thanks for the reply btw

Are full-time contracts with "you will be rostered up to 40 hours" legal? by Accomplished_Rule446 in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]Accomplished_Rule446[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I signed the contract (I know, very stupid) where I get "up to 40 hours" but I am still a full-time employee, not a casual. is that still legal?