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Broad-banded Nomad Bee

Nomada signata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) lund, 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 Alaska.January 39, February 29, March 45, April 72, May 103, June 113, July 120, August 104, September 76, October 57, November 31, December 24.
United States813
Alaska813
Denmark14
Germany12
United Kingdom9
England9
Belgium9
Vlaams Gewest5
Hovedstaden5
France4

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