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White-spotted Nomad bee

Nomada alboguttata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ursula0406, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

14 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 106, February 78, March 122, April 193, May 278, June 303, July 324, August 279, September 205, October 153, November 83, December 65.
United States2,188
Alaska2,188
Germany6
Rheinland-Pfalz3
Niedersachsen2
Finland1
Sweden1
South Karelia1
Örebro län1
Netherlands1

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

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Practise White-spotted Nomad bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.