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Flat-ridged Nomad Bee

Nomada obtusifrons

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

4 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 15, February 11, March 17, April 27, May 40, June 43, July 46, August 40, September 29, October 22, November 12, December 9.
United States312
Alaska312
United Kingdom3
Scotland2
Northern Ireland1

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