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1 digital object.

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Hung, Keng-Lou James; Chen, Hui-San S. (2024). Faces of select bees from San Diego, CA. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0GB24D1

Description

This is a collection of photographs featuring the faces of select bee species collected in San Diego, CA, meant to showcase the morphological diversity of native bees inhabiting Southern California's bee biodiversity hotspot. Photo subjects were preserved specimens mounted on entomological pins; these specimens were collected in one of two projects: (1) surveys of native bees in scrub habitat fragments and natural reserves in western San Diego County to investigate the impact of habitat fragmentation on native bee communities, or (2) surveys of native bees in natural habitats throughout San Diego County to establish an inventory of species within the County, to serve as a baseline for future monitoring and conservation efforts. Photographs were taken using a DSLR camera mounted in the camera port of a trinocular dissecting microscope; each image is a composite of 12-20 images taken across a span of focal lengths and digitally recomposed in Zerene Stacker software to ensure that all features are in focus.

The images depict full-frontal portraits of bees unless stated otherwise.

Date Collected

• 2011 to 2014

Date Issued

• 2024

Author

• Hung, Keng-Lou James

Photographer

• Chen, Hui-San S.

Funding

Grant in Aid of Research, Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association; Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant, University of California; Young Explorers Grant, National Geographic Society; UC Academic Senate Bridge Fund Grant, University of California, San Diego.

Geographics

• San Diego (Calif.)
• San Diego County (Calif.)

Topics

• Bees
• Biodiversity
• Microscopy
• Photographs
• Pollinators

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• image

Language

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Identifier

Identifier: Keng-Lou James Hung: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1557-3958

Related Resources

Related data

• Hung, Keng-Lou James; Holway, David A (2017). Data from: Urbanization-induced habitat fragmentation erodes multiple components of temporal diversity in a Southern California native bee assemblage. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J000001W
• Hung, Keng-Lou James; Rightmyer, Molly G; Wall, Michael; Berrian, Jim; Ascher, John S; Yanega, Doug; Davids, Jessica A; Holway, David A (2015). An annotated checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) of San Diego County, California. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0PN93HK

Collection image

• Image credit (original images) Keng-Lou James Hung and Hui-San Susan Chen. Image credit (derived image): Lauren Reyes. "A collage of faces of bees from San Diego County, CA."