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Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee

Nomada luteoloides

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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 69, February 72, March 82, April 132, May 180, June 86, July 71, August 70, September 84, October 77, November 64, December 63.
United States4,826
Maryland1,049
Virginia951
New York566
Pennsylvania449
New Jersey442
Canada358
Massachusetts282
District of Columbia254
Ontario245

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

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