Insects › Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees

Perplexing Rotund-Resin bee

Anthidiellum perplexum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 5, May 5, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States523
North Carolina34
Georgia25
South Carolina22
Mississippi16
Alabama14
Louisiana13

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
GenusAnthidiellum

Sources

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