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Quebec Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum quebecense

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 132, February 136, March 156, April 250, May 341, June 163, July 134, August 133, September 159, October 147, November 121, December 119.
United States7,529
Maryland1,991
Virginia1,922
New York915
Canada802
Ontario666
Pennsylvania525
West Virginia333
Delaware264
Tennessee239

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
GenusLasioglossum

Sources

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