2013 - 2014 Species Count: Bee Survey of Pepco ROW at Sligo Creek (Prince George's County, MD) | |||||||||||||
Rhonda Kranz; Friends of Sligo Creek; Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (USGS). 6/5/2016 | 3/28/13 - 10/21/13 (15 survey days) | 4/11/13 - 4/24/13 (2 survey days) | 4/23/14 - 11/4/14 (15 survey days) | ||||||||||
Family | Genus | Species | A | B | T | C | A | B | T | ||||
Andrenidae (Mining Bees) | Andrena | barbara | 91 | 23 | 114 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 19 | ||||
carlini | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
cressonii | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
erigeniae | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
fenningeri | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
miserabilis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
morrisonella | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
nasonii | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
perplexa | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
personata | 11 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
vicina | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
violae | 11 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
12 | 133 | 69 | 202 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 38 | ||||||
Calliopsis | andreniformis | 35 | 25 | 60 | 45 | 21 | 66 | ||||||
1 | 35 | 25 | 60 | 45 | 21 | 66 | |||||||
Holocopasites | calliopsidis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Apidae (Bumble, Carpenter, and Honey Bees) | Anthophora | plumipes | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Apis | mellifera | 11 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 23 | ||||||
1 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||||||
Bombus | fervidus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
griseocollis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
impatiens | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
Ceratina | calcarata | 35 | 51 | 86 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 43 | |||||
dupla | 16 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 28 | ||||||
mikmaqi | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
strenua | 108 | 94 | 202 | 11 | 130 | 47 | 177 | ||||||
C. species * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
4 | 160 | 160 | 320 | 23 | 174 | 80 | 254 | ||||||
Melissodes | bimaculata | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
comptoides | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
denticulata | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Melitoma | taurea | 11 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 37 | ||||||
1 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 37 | |||||||
Nomada | articulata | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
bidentate group ** | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
denticulata | 1 | ||||||||||||
illinoense/sayi | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
imbricata | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 | ||||||
luteoloides | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
maculata | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
parva | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
pygmaea | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
9 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 22 | ||||||
Peponapis | pruinosa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Ptilothrix | bombiformis | 35 | 23 | 58 | 29 | 24 | 53 | ||||||
1 | 35 | 23 | 58 | 29 | 24 | 53 | |||||||
Xylocopa | virginica | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
Colletidae (Polyester Bees) | Colletes | inaequalis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
latitarsis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Total | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Halictidae (Sweat Bees) | Agapostemon | texanus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
virescens | 166 | 116 | 282 | 195 | 140 | 335 | |||||||
2 | 167 | 116 | 283 | 195 | 140 | 335 | |||||||
Augochlora | pura | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 28 | ||||||
1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 28 | |||||||
Augochlorella | aurata | 49 | 58 | 107 | 7 | 68 | 108 | 176 | |||||
1 | 49 | 58 | 107 | 7 | 68 | 108 | 176 | ||||||
Augochloropsis | metallica | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Halictus | confusus | 54 | 37 | 91 | 12 | 61 | 77 | 138 | |||||
ligatus/poeyi | 32 | 36 | 68 | 3 | 21 | 40 | 61 | ||||||
rubicundus | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
tectus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
H. species * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
4 | 88 | 77 | 165 | 17 | 82 | 122 | 203 | ||||||
Hylaeus | affinis/modestus | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
messillae | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
2 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||||||
Lasioglossum | admirandum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
bruneri | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
callidum | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||
coreopsis | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
cressonii | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
ephialtum | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
forbesii | 1 | ||||||||||||
fuscipenne | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
gotham | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
hitchensi | 26 | 26 | 48 | 205 | 251 | ||||||||
illinoense | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||
imitatum | 78 | 76 | 154 | 3 | 88 | 195 | 283 | ||||||
lionotum | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
mitchelli | 21 | 54 | 75 | 5 | |||||||||
oenotherae ** | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
pilosum | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
platyparium | 9 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 37 | ||||||||
simplex | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
subviridatum | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
tegulare | 12 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 22 | ||||||
trigeminum | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 20 | |||||||
versatum | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
weemsi | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||||||
zephyrum | 38 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 31 | ||||||||
L. species * | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
24 | 220 | 197 | 417 | 11 | 160 | 570 | 730 | ||||||
Sphecodes | atlantis/cressonii | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
coronus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
dichrous | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
S. species * | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Megachilidae (Leafcutter & Mason Bees) | Anthidium | manicatum | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
oblongatum | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
Coelioxys | sayi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Hoplitis | pilosifrons | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
producta | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
producta /pilosifrons | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
Megachile | brevis | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | ||||||
georgica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
mendica | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
rotundata | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||||||
4 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 41 | |||||||
Osmia | atriventris | 12 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
bucephala | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
collinsiae | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
conjuncta | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
cornifrons | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
georgica | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
pumila | 23 | 17 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
subfasciata ** | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
taurus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
9 | 49 | 34 | 83 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||||||
5 | 27 | 97 | 1033 | 846 | 1879 | 129 | 862 | 1223 | 2084 | ||||
A = portion of ROW between Sligo Creek and 16th Place: section mowed once a year or less to allow development of shrub meadow grassland
B = portion of ROW between Sligo Creek and East-West Highway: customarily mowed two or more times per season.
Numbers indicate quantity of individual bees collected
Totals are for general assessment of species and species densities only; what is collected on a given day is dependent on weather, disturbance by humans and animals, and other factors.
When individuals could not be distinguished between two species, both species are listed, e.g. Holictus ligatus/poeyi
On 4/11 and 4/24/13 a second path in Section A was surveyed. The data were not included in the 2013 Table but are included here to highlight two species, Nomada denticulata and Lasioglossum forbesii collected in only this section.
* Individuals of this genus not identified to species levels
** Species in this group of the genus Nomada are difficult to distinquish and customarily listed as bidentate group species
Bee survey supervised by ecologist Rhonda Kranz in cooperation with the Friends of Sligo Creek and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Survey done using "bee bowl trap" protocol provided by Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, US Geological Survey
Identification carried out by staff and volunteers at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab under supervision of Sam Droege