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Nimble Squash Bee

Xenoglossa strenua

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 9, February 8, March 9, April 11, May 10, June 24, July 41, August 19, September 8, October 9, November 11, December 8.
United States650
California104
Virginia66
Ohio65
New Mexico62
Missouri62
West Virginia56
North Carolina43
Illinois41
Texas30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

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
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusSquash Bees and Allies · Xenoglossa

Sources

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