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Bronze furrow bee

Halictus tumulorum

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 Alaska.January 527, February 390, March 610, April 960, May 1,384, June 1,510, July 1,615, August 1,389, September 1,020, October 761, November 416, December 325.
United States10,909
Alaska10,909
Russia50
Poland22
United Kingdom20
England18
Finland17
Germany16
France14
Belgium13

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 Bronze furrow bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.