Hi all, I hope this doesn’t come across as self-promotion, but I wanted to share a data piece I published in hopes that members that are specialists in certain genera can help me round it out.
I wanted to make a resource for people in North America to find out which solitary bees and wasps they could expect to see move into their bee hotels, based on the time of year and where they live. After sifting through 16 genera and picking out about 110 species (which I organized into lists here) that I was quite sure were cavity nesters, I pulled data from iNaturalist for a radius of 250km around a selection of about 225 towns/cities in Canada/US that were well spread out geographically.
I collected the data into a database and wrote a simple blog post that lets you enter your location and see which have been found near you, and how that changes throughout the year: https://scopabio.com/blogs/bee-home-guides/what-cavity-nesting-bees-do-i-have-in-my-backyard
Where I could use some help is in confirming the list of species that I have. If you know a genus well, I would really appreciate it if you could take a look at the lists I put together to see if you spot any omissions.
Any other feedback welcome, too!