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Silky Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon sericeus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 75, February 74, March 101, April 176, May 302, June 148, July 111, August 101, September 118, October 109, November 74, December 69.
United States6,697
Canada1,912
New York1,457
Manitoba952
Ontario931
Massachusetts489
Michigan480
Connecticut418
Vermont411
Illinois395

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
GenusStriped Sweat Bees · Agapostemon

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