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Oblique Longhorn Bee

Epimelissodes obliquus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 8, June 90, July 83, August 48, September 23, October 6, November 0, December 0.
Texas260
Nebraska95
Oklahoma87
Colorado82
Mexico69
Chihuahua69
Tennessee55
Georgia43
Missouri41
Kansas32

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
GenusEpimelissodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Oblique Longhorn Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.