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Texas Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon texanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 317, February 275, March 286, April 355, May 344, June 253, July 217, August 221, September 280, October 286, November 368, December 284.
United States13,164
Canada4,888
California3,487
Manitoba2,344
Saskatchewan1,617
Texas1,191
Washington1,174
Utah1,012
Oregon878
Arizona744

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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