On drive up to collect pitfall traps, see a jackal watching us pass by, a couple warthogs busting across the roads, and some elephants rumps. Drop off collaborators and then drive to sites with field assistant. All seem to be in good shape (i.e. in ground with water and insects) except at one site where several were dug up (field assistant’s guess is by baboons). First time I’ve been in field alone with field assistants and eventually we strike up conversation and enjoy a fair bit of laughter. At one point a dead branch falls down probably 20 m away, and one field assistant almost jumps out of his shirt – thought it was an elephant charging at us through the bush. Get back to the station and need to sort through samples, to get them into ethanol, and some are absolutely overrun with ants. Tedious process but able to transfer them all by nightfall before they start to rot in the pitfall water. Chat with administrator about billing, and what gets charged to what project. In lab after dinner and watch a Fat-tailed gecko on window, trying with futility to eat bugs gathering on the outside.