The Use of Root Plates for Nesting Sites by Anthophora abrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae) May be Common Within Forested Habitats

Joshua W. Campbell; Cynthia C. Viguiera; Patrick Viguiera; John E. Hartgerink; Cathryn H. Greenberg

doi:10.1653/024.100.0214

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1 June 2017 The Use of Root Plates for Nesting Sites by Anthophora abrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae) May be Common Within Forested Habitats

Joshua W. Campbell, Cynthia C. Viguiera, Patrick Viguiera, John E. Hartgerink, Cathryn H. Greenberg

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Florida Entomologist, 100(2):488-490 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0214

Abstract

This is the first reported use of root plates by Anthophora abrupta Say (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Previous reported nesting sites were vertical riverbanks and several man-made clay structures. Root plates in forested habitats may be the preferred nesting site for A. abrupta.

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Joshua W. Campbell, Cynthia C. Viguiera, Patrick Viguiera, John E. Hartgerink, and Cathryn H. Greenberg "The Use of Root Plates for Nesting Sites by Anthophora abrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae) May be Common Within Forested Habitats," Florida Entomologist 100(2), 488-490, (1 June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0214

Published: 1 June 2017

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