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Imbricate Cuckoo Nomad Bee

Nomada imbricata

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 56, February 58, March 66, April 106, May 145, June 69, July 57, August 56, September 67, October 62, November 51, December 51.
United States2,738
Maryland843
Virginia804
New York268
Canada150
New Jersey106
North Carolina100
District of Columbia99
Vermont90
Massachusetts75

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

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