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Nimble Ceratina

Ceratina strenua

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 485, February 500, March 575, April 919, May 1,256, June 598, July 493, August 490, September 585, October 541, November 445, December 439.
United States27,075
Maryland7,326
Virginia6,458
New York2,921
Pennsylvania1,393
District of Columbia1,329
West Virginia1,272
Mississippi917
New Jersey732
Canada593

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
GenusSmall Carpenter Bees · Ceratina

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