Current bee and wasp stats (Fall 2022)

Wasp stats figures:

Percent wasp and bee observations RG figure:

All-Hymenoptera stats over the last 30 days (calculated 10/18/22):

• 114,379 observations newly added
• 82,379 observations newly became RG (a major review of observations, some which received first identifications 4+ years ago and now became RG - thanks to all who helped over time)

All-Hymenoptera stats to date:

• 3,899,534 total observations, 48% RG (53% RG for North America)
• RG hymenopteran species richness of 10,833 (4,250 for North America)
• ~613 (recorded) first iNat bee or wasp records (in the current project), including a potter wasp thought extinct for 100+ years, Leptochilus quintus
• ~59 (recorded) new bee or wasp locality records among all sources [project]
• Eligible new records have also been added to the first photographs of living specimens [project]

Bee stats (calculated 9/22/22):

Global:

• Observations: 1,648,626
• Research Grade (RG) observations: 886,221 (54% of observations)
• Number of RG species/taxa: 2,816

US:

• Observations: 906,338
• RG observations: 550,061 (61%; some individual states have 70% or greater)
• Number of RG species/taxa: 882

Publicado el octubre 19, 2022 04:32 TARDE por bdagley