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Ligated Furrow Bee

Halictus ligatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 557, February 533, March 605, April 1,148, May 704, June 396, July 307, August 317, September 377, October 401, November 523, December 506.
United States44,863
Canada8,648
Texas6,364
California5,595
Missouri4,560
Ontario2,590
Virginia2,465
New York2,384
Massachusetts2,382
Illinois2,375

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilySweat Bees · Halictidae
GenusFurrow Bees · Halictus

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