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Spurred Ceratina

Ceratina calcarata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 721, February 861, March 1,068, April 1,707, May 2,618, June 1,296, July 955, August 896, September 1,088, October 982, November 708, December 694.
United States54,934
Pennsylvania13,595
Maryland7,775
Virginia6,779
New York6,644
Canada3,658
Ontario3,149
New Jersey2,556
West Virginia2,402
Massachusetts1,739

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
GenusSmall Carpenter Bees · Ceratina

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