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Tan Scaly Miner

Andrena curvungula

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 11, February 8, March 13, April 20, May 29, June 32, July 34, August 29, September 21, October 16, November 9, December 7.
United States228
Alaska228
Germany37
Austria14
Niederösterreich10
Hessen9
France8
Nordrhein-Westfalen8
Switzerland6
Baden-Württemberg6

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
FamilyMiner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees · Andrenidae
GenusMining Bees · Andrena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Tan Scaly Miner with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.