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Four-banded Flower Bee

Anthophora quadrimaculata

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25 photos

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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 144, February 106, March 167, April 262, May 378, June 412, July 441, August 379, September 278, October 208, November 114, December 89.
United States2,977
Alaska2,977
Germany251
United Kingdom90
England90
Belgium50
Poland46
Bayern46
Denmark45
Sweden44

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

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Practise Four-banded Flower 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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