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Windowed Carpenter

Xylocopa fenestrata

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 India.January 9, February 7, March 9, April 14, May 14, June 12, July 17, August 17, September 24, October 17, November 5, December 5.
India150
Mahārāshtra40
Tamil Nādu20
Sri Lanka17
Kerala13
Andhra Pradesh11
Karnātaka10
Indonesia10
Uttar Pradesh9
Gujarāt9

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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