Cerceris fumipennis nest sites

Kent McFarland

doi:10.15468/w6knbz

Cerceris fumipennis nest sites

Citation

McFarland K (2021). Cerceris fumipennis nest sites. Version 1.2. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w6knbz accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The solitary parasitoid wasp Cerceris fumipennis provisions its nests with beetles from the Family Buprestidae. Nests formed by these solitary wasps are often located in non-social colonies within hard-packed, sandy, and exposed soils. Female wasps forage for prey on sunny summer days when many species of buprestid beetles are active. Taking buprestid beetle prey from wasps intercepted as they approached their nests is used to survey for the presence of many buprestid species. Biologists and citizen science volunteers surveyed C. fumipennis colonies for Buprestidae from 2009-2016.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

State of Vermont

Sampling

Nest site areas used to monitor Buprestid beetle prey

Method steps

Nesting areas were found through searching open areas with large bare dirt areas.

Taxonomic Coverages

Cerceris fumipennis nest sites

Cerceris fumipennis
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

State of Vermont, United States

Bibliographic Citations

Trish Hanson, Mary R. Burnham, Michael J. Bohne, and E. Richard Hoebeke "New State Records of Non-Target Buprestidae (Coleoptera) Detected in Emerald Ash Borer Traps in Vermont, USA," The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(3), 757-760, (22 September 2019). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.3.757 https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.3.757 -

Contacts

Kent McFarland
originator
position: Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503

Kent McFarland
metadata author
position: Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503

Kent McFarland
content provider
position: Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503

Trish Hanson
author
position: Forest Health Entomologist
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
US

Trish Hanson
administrative point of contact
position: Forest Health Entomologist
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Vermont
US

Kent McFarland
administrative point of contact
position: Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503