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Black-horned Nomad Bee

Nomada rufipes

248 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 208, February 153, March 240, April 378, May 545, June 594, July 636, August 547, September 402, October 300, November 164, December 128.
United States4,295
Alaska4,295
United Kingdom21
England15
Germany13
Denmark11
Midtjylland6
Netherlands5
Niedersachsen5
Poland4

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

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

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
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusNomad Bees · Nomada

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Black-horned Nomad Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.