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Red-tailed Stingless Bee
Trigona fulviventris
5,239 observations in the source records
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 5,239 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Cephalotrigona zexmeniae
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Narrow Stingless BeeTetragonisca angustula
Brauer's Stingless BeeTrigona braueri
Spiny-legged Stingless beeTrigona spinipes
Red Dwarf Honey BeeApis florea
Black Slender-Stingless BeeFrieseomelitta nigra
Pauper Slender-Stingless BeeFrieseomelitta paupera
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 850 |
|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 626 |
| Provincia Puntarenas | 319 |
| Guatemala | 312 |
| Colombia | 234 |
| Guatemala | 211 |
| Panama | 167 |
| Oaxaca | 160 |
| Quintana Roo | 160 |
| Jalisco | 157 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae |
| Genus | Trigona |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Red-tailed Stingless Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.