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Fabricius' Nomad Bee

Nomada fabriciana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 182, February 135, March 211, April 332, May 479, June 522, July 559, August 481, September 353, October 263, November 144, December 112.
United States3,773
Alaska3,773
United Kingdom80
England72
Germany60
Belgium18
France17
Austria16
Niedersachsen16
Wallonne Gewest11

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
GenusNomad Bees · Nomada

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Fabricius' Nomad Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.