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Pallid Desert-Digger

Centris pallida

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 87, February 80, March 106, April 140, May 135, June 63, July 77, August 105, September 69, October 66, November 68, December 76.
United States1,627
Arizona1,065
California459
Nevada95
Utah6
Mexico4
Sonora3
New Mexico2
Baja California Sur1

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
GenusOil-diggers · Centris

Sources

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