Osmia Lignaria Bee Feeding and Ovary Data After Insecticide Exposure

Clara Stuligross's dataset investigates the effects of imidacloprid insecticide on the solitary bee Osmia lignaria. The data, published on figshare in 2026, quantifies the direct and carryover effects of larval and adult exposure on pollen and nectar feeding and ovary maturation over a two-year experimental design.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between insecticide exposure and feeding behavior based on pollen and nectar consumption data.
• Analyzing carryover effects on reproduction based on ovary development metrics.
• Comparing the impact of larval versus adult exposure stages on bee physiology.
• Investigating mechanisms of pollinator decline linked to neonicotinoid pesticides.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a fully crossed experimental design over two years.
• Dataset focuses on a specific insecticide (imidacloprid) and a model solitary bee species (Osmia lignaria).
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Row count and file size (0.0 B) are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Clara Stuligross via figshare.

Collection Method

Experimental study quantifying feeding and ovary development in bees exposed to imidacloprid.

Time Range

Covers a two-year experimental period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 06:38:43.

Geography

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