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Plains Bee Assassin
Apiomerus spissipes
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Mountain Bee AssassinApiomerus montanus
Yellow-bellied Bee AssassinApiomerus flaviventris
Apiomerus pictipes
Desert Bee AssassinApiomerus cazieri
Eastern Bee AssassinApiomerus crassipes
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
North American Wheel BugArilus cristatus
Western Leaf-footed BugLeptoglossus clypealis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 3,927 |
|---|---|
| United States | 3,111 |
| Colorado | 677 |
| Nebraska | 93 |
| Oklahoma | 89 |
| New Mexico | 84 |
| South Dakota | 57 |
| Utah | 26 |
| Kansas | 20 |
| Alberta | 20 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera |
| Family | Assassin Bugs · Reduviidae |
| Genus | Bee Assassins · Apiomerus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Plains Bee Assassin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.