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Ridge-crowned Carpenter

Xylocopa fimbriata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 45, February 33, March 32, April 48, May 45, June 26, July 24, August 12, September 32, October 26, November 29, December 25.
Mexico377
Sinaloa106
Jalisco83
Morelos39
Nayarit34
Colombia31
Costa Rica27
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave26
Colima20
Chiapas19

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
GenusLarge Carpenter Bees · Xylocopa

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