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Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee

Colletes thoracicus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 47, February 46, March 63, April 109, May 188, June 92, July 69, August 63, September 73, October 68, November 46, December 43.
United States5,435
New York906
Virginia648
Maryland615
Connecticut523
New Jersey380
Massachusetts335
Georgia323
North Carolina290
Pennsylvania114

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Traits

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
FamilyPlasterer Bees · Colletidae
GenusCellophane Bees · Colletes

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