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AbstractArtificial nesting resources, also known as trap nests, have proven to be an ideal method for monitoring cavity-nesting bees and wasps, their collected food resources, and natural enemies. Nowadays, trap nests are frequently used to assess responses to environmental and biodiversity changes based on multi-trophic interaction networks. Here, we reconstructed quantitative trophic interaction networks of five apoid wasps (   Trypoxylon   clavicerum   ,    Passaloecus   corniger   ,    Passaloecus   gracilis   ,    Psenulus   fuscipennis   ,    Isodontia   mexicana    and two vespid wasp species (   Ancistrocerus   nigricornis   ,    Microdynerus   parvulus   ) using DNA barcoding. Sampling the nests during their construction period allowed us to give an accurate count and identification of the provided food items. We recovered highly resolved bi- and tripartite networks including wasp-beetle larva, wasp-cricket, natural enemy-wasp-moth larva, natural enemy-wasp-spider, and natural enemy-wasp-aphid associations. The latter include aphid species that are known as agricultural and forest pests. Although the quantitative sampling of nests entails increased time costs, it enables not only high-quality DNA barcoding but also to reconstruct quantitative interaction networks. Thus, our approach is a highly promising monitoring tool for gaining deeper knowledge on the ecology, habitat requirements and the impact of environmental and biodiversity change on cavity-nesting bees and wasps.

﻿A DNA-barcoding-based approach to quantitatively investigate larval food resources of cavity-nesting wasps from trap nests

A DNA-barcoding-based approach to quantitatively investigate larval food resources of cavity-nesting wasps from trap nests