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Tormentil Mining Bee

Andrena tarsata

36 observations in the source records

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7 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 93, February 68, March 107, April 169, May 243, June 265, July 284, August 244, September 179, October 134, November 73, December 57.
United States1,918
Alaska1,918
Denmark4
United Kingdom3
Scotland3
Nordjylland3
Midtjylland1

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

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