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Confusing Furrow Bee

Halictus confusus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 235, February 232, March 314, April 549, May 943, June 461, July 347, August 316, September 368, October 339, November 232, December 215.
United States30,991
Canada8,087
New York4,551
Ontario4,218
Maryland3,321
Virginia3,178
South Dakota2,382
Manitoba2,140
Massachusetts1,461
Michigan1,280

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
GenusFurrow Bees · Halictus

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