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Cucumber Small Carpenter

Ceratina cucurbitina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 5, March 31, April 14, May 25, June 22, July 20, August 10, September 5, October 2, November 2, December 1.
Spain137
France118
Italy79
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur58
Portugal49
Cataluña/Catalunya44
Germany42
Occitanie33
Andalucía32
Nord-Est28

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
GenusSmall Carpenter Bees · Ceratina

Sources

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