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Agile Longhorn Bee

Melissodes agilis

645 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Manitoba.January 80, February 86, March 108, April 350, May 845, June 879, July 654, August 446, September 326, October 214, November 102, December 79.
United States16,473
Canada5,826
Manitoba4,169
Colorado3,937
Minnesota2,796
California2,463
Nebraska1,964
Saskatchewan1,070
Utah853
North Dakota510

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
GenusMelissodes

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