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Four-striped Digger Bee

Amegilla quadrifasciata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 12, February 17, March 26, April 25, May 39, June 44, July 90, August 123, September 91, October 75, November 36, December 36.
Spain614
Canarias311
Portugal256
Italy98
Andalucía94
Cataluña/Catalunya88
France83
FARO64
Greece61
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur47

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
GenusBanded Digger Bees · Amegilla

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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