Insect Specimens from Trap Nests deployed in Vermont, USA
Citation
Hardy S, Sefchick J, Bertrand J (2023). Insect Specimens from Trap Nests deployed in Vermont, USA. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rcj3ah accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-30.Description
Records of insects that emerged from trap nests set to target cavity nesting bees at several sites in Vermont, USA during the summer of 2021.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Traps were deployed at ~6 locations throughout Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in the spring of 2021. An additional trap was set in East Montpelier, Vermont, USA in July of 2021.Sampling
Trap designs varied. A commercially available "bee hotel" with bamboo tubes of various sizes was used in East Montpelier, while Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge traps were made from local plant stems and dimensional lumber with small holes drilled in the end.Quality Control
Specimens determined by Spencer HardyMethod steps
- Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge traps were brought into an unheated shop in November and later brought into a heated office where many of the bees emerged and escaped their individual containers, rending the specific trap location unknown. Filled tubes from the East Montpelier trap were brought indoors in April of 2022.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Insectacommon name: Insects rank: class
Geographic Coverages
Vermont
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Spencer Hardyoriginator
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271
Judy Sefchick
originator
position: Biologist
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Joe Bertrand
originator
position: Staff
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Spencer Hardy
metadata author
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271
Spencer Hardy
author
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271
Spencer Hardy
administrative point of contact
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271
Spencer Hardy
technical point of contact
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org