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European Small-Woolcarder

Pseudoanthidium nanum

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(c) traiano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Germany.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 22, June 109, July 82, August 14, September 5, October 0, November 0, December 0.
United States525
Germany232
New York161
New Jersey81
Canada78
Ontario78
Hessen68
Massachusetts62
Pennsylvania55
Brandenburg44

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusSmall Carder Bees · Pseudoanthidium

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