{"id":20489,"date":"2024-10-03T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?p=20489"},"modified":"2024-11-13T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T22:25:08","slug":"finding-the-rare-sandhills-cellophane-bee-with-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2024-10-03\/finding-the-rare-sandhills-cellophane-bee-with-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the rare sandhills cellophane bee \u2013 with data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Originally Published May 7, 2024 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/\">WFSU Ecology Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tb_cnjr9OHk?si=x-Luo-d6Fy1zNZG9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How does one attempt to find the rare and specialized sandhills cellophane bee? It\u2019s the kind of story our Ecology Producer always hopes for. This segment was produced in collaboration with&nbsp;<strong>NOVA | PBS<\/strong>.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>All photos by Rob Diaz de Villegas unless otherwise specified.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple months ago,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2024\/02\/help-researchers-find-new-rare-species-in-florida-sandhills\/\">I decided to undertake a mission<\/a>. It started with a curiosity: I wanted to know how researchers use iNaturalist data. This wasn\u2019t the mission \u2013 it was a segment idea, but it led me there. I talked to biologists to identify species of interest to them, things I could find as winter turned to spring. The plants and animals they told me about all happened to be inhabitants of the sandhill habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first was a butterfly familiar to me.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2019\/04\/frosted-elfin-rare-butterfly-of-the-apalachicola-national-forest\/\">The frosted elfin<\/a>&nbsp;is disappearing from its range, and researchers are searching for its host plant. The more places they find sundial lupine, the more places where they might find elfins trying to lay eggs on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/egg-laying2-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/egg-laying2-small-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"A frosted elfin apparently ovipositing (laying eggs) on the buds of a sundial lupine.\" class=\"wp-image-12968\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A frosted elfin apparently ovipositing (laying eggs) on the buds of a sundial lupine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I talked to botanists who recently discovered three new species of lupines. Many of the plants had previously been identified as other lupine species; now researchers are reclassifying existing iNaturalist records and seeking out new locations. The new species are in the Florida peninsula, far from where I live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there\u2019s the sandhills cellophane bee. This bee was discovered a few years ago, yet it doesn\u2019t have many known sites. Like the species I previously mentioned, it\u2019s a sandhill inhabitant. But it specializes in the flower of a plant that grows in cypress wetlands. It needs the two habitats in close proximity, which limits the potential locations where we might find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love photographing bees, especially when I can find a rare or uncommon species. The sandhills cellophane bee \u2013 this was the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\">The quest continues on the WFSU Ecology blog. 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