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Red-tailed Mason Bee

Osmia bicolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 272, February 201, March 315, April 495, May 714, June 779, July 833, August 717, September 526, October 393, November 215, December 168.
United States5,627
Alaska5,627
Austria258
Germany237
Niederösterreich132
Poland115
Russia105
Bayern96
Masovian Voivodeship91
United Kingdom83

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
GenusMason Bees · Osmia

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