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Pleasing Metallic-Furrow bee

Halictus jucundus

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 South Africa.January 2, February 1, March 1, April 1, May 0, June 2, July 0, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 2, December 3.
South Africa24
Western Cape22
Madagascar2
Canada1
Northwest Territories1
Eastern Cape1
Mpumalanga1
Amoron'i Mania1
Analamanga1

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
FamilySweat Bees · Halictidae
GenusFurrow Bees · Halictus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pleasing Metallic-Furrow bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.