Select Insect Specimens from Malaise Traps in Orleans County, Vermont, USA

Spencer Hardy1, Jody Frey2

1 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, , United States; 2 Vermont Center of Ecostudies, 

Corresponding author(s): Spencer Hardy (shardy@vtecostudies.org)Jody Frey

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Resource Citation

Hardy S, Frey J (2023): Select Insect Specimens from Malaise Traps in Orleans County, Vermont, USA. v1.2. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=orleans&v=1.2

Abstract

This dataset contains select insects collected from two malaise traps located in Orleans County, Vermont, USA. The Malaise traps were set a few feet above the ground, with one in a suburban garden and the other in a rural yard at the interface between a large wetland complex and mixed hardwood forest. Collection vials were retrieved every few weeks as necessary during the growing season. All bees (Anthophila) and lady beetles (Coccinellidae) collected were identified and included in this dataset. Some other insects were included as incidental records. Ichneumonid wasps (Ichneumonidae) and other taxonomic groups will be added as they are processed and determined.

Keywords: Samplingevent

Project details

Project title: Vermont Atlas of Life
Personnel: Kent McFarland
Study area descriptions/descriptor: State of Vermont, USA
Design description: https://val.vtecostudies.org/

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=orleans

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All bees (Anthophila) and lady beetles (Coccinellidae) collected have been databased. Other insects included as incidental records. Ichneumonid wasps will be added at a later date.
Taxonomic ranks
Infraorder: Anthophila
Family: Coccinellidae
Common names: Bees, Lady Beetles

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Barton,  Vermont, USA
Coordinates: 44°44'16.8''N and 44°46'37.2''N Latitude; 72°11'9.6''W and 72°7'26.4''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 10, 2021 - October 6, 2022

Natural collections description

Collection name: Vermont Center for Ecostudies - Vermont Atlas of Life
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Specimen preservation method: Pinned

Methods

Method step description: Insects were stored in ethanol. Bees were rinsed, pinned, and labeled following standard protocols. Some distinctive non-bees were not pinned but counted and preserved in separate vials with ethanol. Remaining insects were shipped to Brandon Claridge for Ichneumonid work and further distribution of additional taxa.
Study extent description: Insects collected from malaise traps run from May to October 2021 at two sites near Barton VT
Sampling description: Malaise traps set a few feet above the ground, one in a suburban garden, the other in a rural yard at the interface between a large wetland complex and mixed hardwood forest. Collection vials were retrieved every few weeks as necessary through the growing season.
Quality control description: Bee specimen ID by Spencer Hardy and Michael Veit

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Select Insect Specimens from Malaise Traps in Orleans County, Vermont, USA
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/archive.do?r=orleans
Publication date of data: 2023-03-07
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-02-02
Hierarchy level: Dataset