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Golden-haired Miner Bee

Andrena auricoma

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 44, February 38, March 39, April 49, May 47, June 35, July 30, August 30, September 39, October 40, November 51, December 39.
United States736
California481
Nevada93
Utah62
Washington42
Oregon38
Canada12
Idaho11
British Columbia7
Arizona5

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
FamilyMiner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees · Andrenidae
GenusMining Bees · Andrena

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