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Texas Leafcutter Bee

Megachile texana

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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 New York.January 26, February 25, March 34, April 60, May 102, June 66, July 52, August 34, September 40, October 37, November 25, December 23.
United States3,863
New York494
Utah431
Canada391
New Jersey348
Ontario327
California267
Michigan218
Arizona166
Nevada155

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
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusLeafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees · Megachile

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

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