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Green-eyed Flower Bee

Anthophora bimaculata

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 52, February 38, March 60, April 95, May 136, June 149, July 159, August 137, September 101, October 75, November 41, December 32.
United States1,075
Alaska1,075
United Kingdom271
England271
Germany122
Spain97
France97
Portugal85
Brandenburg79
Russia72

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
GenusCommon Digger Bees · Anthophora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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