Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Arthropod Collection (CAES-CAES)

Broad collection across all taxa, focused on Connecticut, from 1900 – 1950, followed more recently by intensive collections in particular taxa based on the interests of specific research programs, including: Apoidea, Buprestidae, and Cerambycidae. The collection holding is estimated at 160,000 specimens.

Contacts: Gale Ridge, Gale.Ridge@ct.gov
Contacts: Tracy Zarrillo, tracy.zarrillo@ct.gov
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 13 September 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Collection Statistics
  • 18,841 specimen records
  • 18,818 (100%) georeferenced
  • 18,543 (98%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 39 genera
  • 306 species
  • 312 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anthidiellum (14)
  • Anthidium (96)
  • Chelostoma (2)
  • Coelioxys (36)
  • Heriades (11)
  • Hoplitis (17)
  • Megachile (229)
  • Osmia (354)
  • Stelis (3)