The Microbial World of Solitary Bees
Bee species:
Ceratina calcarata Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae Xylocopa virginica Svastra obliqua Habropoda laboriosa Augochlora pura Nomia melanderi Halictus ligatus Osmia chalybea Nests: Nomia melanderi (ground, left) Halictus ligatus (ground, right) Augochlora pura (rotten log) Ceratina calcarata (Rhus twig) |
Flower pollinator host species:
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Phacelia linearis (thread-leaved phacelia) Rhus typhinia (staghorn sumac) Rubus laciniatus (blackberry) Achillea millefolium (yarrow) Cirsium horridulum (thistle) Vaccinium virgatum (blueberry) Abutilon fruticosum (Indian mallow) Flower microbe host species: Epilobium canum (California fuschia) Diplacus aurantiacus (sticky monkeyflower) Mimulus guttatus (seep monkeyflower) Delphinium nuttallianum (larkspur) |
Notes/ Easter Eggs:
I learned a lot of lessons through the creation of this infographic. I thought this would be a fairly straightforward review of a few papers-- turns out there's even less known about solitary bees and their microbiomes thank I thought. I conducted a small literature review (references below) scoured some supplemental data, and did my best to simplify it into this infographic. With a few notes of artistic license, I tried to create a "habitat" of known plant and bee host species, which loosely represents the US west-to-east across the poster. Each bee is on a plant that it actually pollinates. The cities in the little circle scenes are supposed to represent the busy worlds of microbes that the larger organisms host. I used iNaturalist to pick a city that the host had relatively many records from, and drew pieces of that city skyline.
I created this infographic in Adobe Fresco (iPad). Each illustration is loosely based off several photo references, mostly creative commons as well as some of my own photos. Because I've just started on this microbiome network research, I aim to improve on the content of this poster over the course of my PhD, and contribute some of my own research to it :) Feel free to contact me for any comments or feedback!
Acknowledgements:
Huge thanks to and appreciation for: the Hammer Lab for their comments and feedback (Dr. Toby Hammer, Kristal Watrous, Annika Nelson, Nickole Villabona, Perla Vasquez, Sophia Aredas); to Nickole for editing the translations (!!); to Miles Maxcer, Dylan Winkler, and Lysa DuCharme for idea feedback; to Beca Llamas for architectural ideas; to Alejandro Santillana's Insect Unlocked bee photos, for drawing reference. The most used research displayed in this infographic come from the labs of: Dr. Anna Voulgari-Kokota, Dr. Quinn McFrederick, Dr. Jo-Anne Holley, and Dr. Rachel Vannette! The poster is so much better thanks to y'all :)
I learned a lot of lessons through the creation of this infographic. I thought this would be a fairly straightforward review of a few papers-- turns out there's even less known about solitary bees and their microbiomes thank I thought. I conducted a small literature review (references below) scoured some supplemental data, and did my best to simplify it into this infographic. With a few notes of artistic license, I tried to create a "habitat" of known plant and bee host species, which loosely represents the US west-to-east across the poster. Each bee is on a plant that it actually pollinates. The cities in the little circle scenes are supposed to represent the busy worlds of microbes that the larger organisms host. I used iNaturalist to pick a city that the host had relatively many records from, and drew pieces of that city skyline.
I created this infographic in Adobe Fresco (iPad). Each illustration is loosely based off several photo references, mostly creative commons as well as some of my own photos. Because I've just started on this microbiome network research, I aim to improve on the content of this poster over the course of my PhD, and contribute some of my own research to it :) Feel free to contact me for any comments or feedback!
Acknowledgements:
Huge thanks to and appreciation for: the Hammer Lab for their comments and feedback (Dr. Toby Hammer, Kristal Watrous, Annika Nelson, Nickole Villabona, Perla Vasquez, Sophia Aredas); to Nickole for editing the translations (!!); to Miles Maxcer, Dylan Winkler, and Lysa DuCharme for idea feedback; to Beca Llamas for architectural ideas; to Alejandro Santillana's Insect Unlocked bee photos, for drawing reference. The most used research displayed in this infographic come from the labs of: Dr. Anna Voulgari-Kokota, Dr. Quinn McFrederick, Dr. Jo-Anne Holley, and Dr. Rachel Vannette! The poster is so much better thanks to y'all :)
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