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Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon splendens

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 830, February 890, March 975, April 1,597, May 2,069, June 1,027, July 831, August 803, September 970, October 895, November 743, December 760.
United States33,579
Virginia12,389
Maryland12,268
Canada1,901
Manitoba940
Ontario799
Georgia636
Texas475
Delaware405
Pennsylvania360

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

Sources

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