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Sonoran Bumble Bee

Bombus sonorus

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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 Texas.January 513, February 490, March 557, April 1,057, May 648, June 522, July 866, August 685, September 845, October 1,331, November 481, December 466.
United States13,018
Texas7,341
Mexico3,540
California3,402
Arizona1,762
Mexico563
Guanajuato326
Queretaro de Arteaga290
New Mexico265
Michoacan de Ocampo215

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
GenusBumble Bees · Bombus

Sources

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

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