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Narrow Stingless Bee

Tetragonisca angustula

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) nataliamantilla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 198, February 149, March 181, April 309, May 257, June 135, July 158, August 145, September 160, October 171, November 161, December 182.
Brazil2,206
Sao Paulo1,044
Costa Rica457
Distrito Federal347
Colombia338
Minas Gerais279
Rio de Jeneiro223
Antioquia180
Guatemala155
Espirito Santo121

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
GenusTetragonisca

Sources

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