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Two-banded Nomad

Nomada bifasciata

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

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Alaska.January 29, February 22, March 34, April 53, May 77, June 84, July 90, August 77, September 57, October 42, November 23, December 18.
United States606
Alaska606
Spain56
Canarias47
Germany47
Niedersachsen16
Poland9
Baden-Württemberg8
Sachsen8
Czechia7

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