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European Longhorn

Eucera longicornis

2,254 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 330, February 244, March 382, April 600, May 866, June 944, July 1,010, August 869, September 638, October 476, November 260, December 203.
United States6,822
Alaska6,822
Russia87
Finland78
Uusimaa37
United Kingdom24
England22
Moscow Oblast20
Denmark16
Ukraine16

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
GenusEucera

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