Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) Found in Emerald Ash Borer Traps in Vermont, USA

Spencer Hardy; Trish Hanson

doi:10.15468/pr8j3j

Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) Found in Emerald Ash Borer Traps in Vermont, USA

Citation

Hardy S, Hanson T (2023). Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) Found in Emerald Ash Borer Traps in Vermont, USA. Version 1.1. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pr8j3j accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Incidental bee specimens collected in Emerald Ash Borer traps located throughout Vermont in the spring of 2009. These were purple, three-sided traps resembling a box kite and hung on ash trees as part of a surveillance program by federal and state agencies. The purple traps are coated with an adhesive that captures the insects when they land and are baited with a lure to attract the beetle pest if it is present. Emerald ash borer (EAB; Agrilus planipennis) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is an invasive species wood boring beetle, native to China and eastern Asia, which targets ash trees. EAB probably arrived in North America hidden in wood packing materials commonly used to ship consumer and other goods. It was first detected in July 2002 in southeastern Michigan.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Captures from Emerald Ash Borer Traps deployed during the spring of 2009 at 3 lumber yards and 4 other sites near interstate commerce.

Sampling

Emerald Ash Borer Traps

Quality Control

Identifications by Spencer Hardy, Joan Milam, and Michael Veit

Method steps

NA

Taxonomic Coverages

Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila)

Anthophila
common name: bees

Geographic Coverages

Vermont

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Spencer Hardy
originator
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Trish Hanson
originator
position: Forest Protection Entomologist
Vermont Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation
email: linclinc@wcvt.com

Spencer Hardy
metadata author
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Spencer Hardy
author
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Vermont
US
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271

Spencer Hardy
administrative point of contact
position: Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
email: shardy@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-2271