KBS Insect Collection — Research Context
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Insects collected on or near the KBS LTER main site and stored as part of a permanent collection.
This datatable is part of the KBS Insect Collections dataset.
Periodically, researchers photograph and/or trap, preserve, and identify insects on or near the KBS LTER main site. The collected insects are stored as part of a permanent collection.
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| Experiment: | Research Context |
| Dataset: | KBS025 |
| Datatable ID: | KBS025-001.25 |
| Core Areas | Populations |
| Repository link: | http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/90fd9280306c06f765cab0eaa22e7553 |
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| Last Updated | 2023-10-24 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Order | taxonomic order of the organism | |
| Family | taxonomic family of the organism | |
| Genus | taxonomic genus of the organism | |
| SpecificEpithet | taxonomic specific epithet of the organism | |
| Author | party responsible for the formal description of the organism | |
| CommonName | a common name of the organism | |
| Comments | comments for this record | |
| IdentifyingCharacteristics | identifying characteristics | |
| CommonGroup | a common group to which this organism belongs | |
| FunctionalGroup | a functional group to which this organism belongs | |
| Hosts | hosts | |
| LifeHistory | life history | |
| Habitat | habitat in which this organism occurs | |
| GeographicDistribution | geographic distribution of this organism | |
| Origin | native to North America, or exotic | |
| Species | a code for identifying this species, unique within the KBS namespace | |
| Specimen | a code for uniquely identifying this specimen | |
| StorageLocation | where the specimen is stored; 'photo only' if specimen was photographed but not collected | |
| Stage Sex | life history stage and/or sex of the specimen | |
| Treatment | LTER treatment in which the specimen was encountered | |
| Replicate | LTER replicate plot (nested within treatment) in which the specimen was encountered | |
| Collector | person who collected the specimen | |
| img src | URL for a digital image of the specimen |
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Data Excerpt
| order | family | genus | specificepithet | author | commonname | comments | identifyingcharacteristics | commongroup | functionalgroup | hosts | lifehistory | habitat | geographicdistribution | origin | species | specimen | storagelocation | stage_sex | treatment | replicate | collector | img_src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orthoptera | Acrididae | Acrididae genera | short-horned grasshoppers | unspecified | unspecified | unspecified | acrspe | 74 | unspecified | T6 | R3 | http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/biocollections/insects/0074-13-5.jpg | ||||||||||
| Orthoptera | Acrididae | Acrididae genera | short-horned grasshoppers | unspecified | unspecified | unspecified | acrspe | 389 | KBS Biocollections(Stack rm. 236) | adult | T7 | R4 | Jennifer Gage | |||||||||
| Orthoptera | Acrididae | Cyrtacanthacridinae genera | spur-throated grasshoppers | short antennae; the spur-throated grasshoppers belong to the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae;distinguished by a spur in the ventral "throat" area, and lack of a sharply inward slanting head, as do grasshoppers in different subfamilies. | grasshoppers | herbivore | These grasshoppers are responsible for much crop damage. They sometimes increase to incredibly large population sizes, and their migrating swarms have been described to literally darken the sky. | unspecified | cyrspe | 324 | KBS Biocollections(Stack rm. 236) | adult | T1 | R2 (microplot) | Jennifer Gage | |||||||
| Orthoptera | Acrididae | Cyrtacanthacridinae genera | spur-throated grasshoppers | short antennae; the spur-throated grasshoppers belong to the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae;distinguished by a spur in the ventral "throat" area, and lack of a sharply inward slanting head, as do grasshoppers in different subfamilies. | grasshoppers | herbivore | These grasshoppers are responsible for much crop damage. They sometimes increase to incredibly large population sizes, and their migrating swarms have been described to literally darken the sky. | unspecified | cyrspe | 325 | KBS Biocollections(Stack rm. 236) | adult | T1 | R2 (microplot) | Jennifer Gage | |||||||
| Orthoptera | Acrididae | Cyrtacanthacridinae genera | spur-throated grasshoppers | short antennae; the spur-throated grasshoppers belong to the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae;distinguished by a spur in the ventral "throat" area, and lack of a sharply inward slanting head, as do grasshoppers in different subfamilies. | grasshoppers | herbivore | These grasshoppers are responsible for much crop damage. They sometimes increase to incredibly large population sizes, and their migrating swarms have been described to literally darken the sky. | unspecified | cyrspe | 451 | unspecified | T2 | R2 | http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/biocollections/insects/xxxx-8-34.jpg |