Pinned Specimens of Native Bees Trapped in the Lockyer Valley (2007-2008)

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Our teams work focuses on understanding and capturing the ecosystem services of pest control and pollination for sustainable, secure food production. A key component of this work is knowing the function of a wide range of invertebrates that provide these services, of which Hymenoptera figure prominently. This particular project involved the use of 12 bi-directional malaise traps set up for a year (2007-08) in various habitats and differing landscapes (native vegetation and agricultural areas in the Lockyer Valley). This long term malaise trapping resulted in a vast number of Hymenoptera samples being generated and this collection contains the native bees caught in these malaise traps during that time. This collection consists of 1,173 pinned specimens covering 70 species of native bees.