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Truncate Small-Mason

Hoplitis truncata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 20, February 23, March 22, April 35, May 35, June 21, July 17, August 16, September 21, October 20, November 16, December 18.
United States813
North Carolina263
Canada64
New York59
Massachusetts57
Ontario57
Virginia53
Maryland45
Michigan41
Georgia31

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
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusSmall Mason Bees · Hoplitis

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