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Gooden's Nomad Bee

Nomada goodeniana

2,537 observations in the source records

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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 417, February 308, March 483, April 759, May 1,095, June 1,194, July 1,278, August 1,099, September 807, October 602, November 329, December 257.
United States8,628
Alaska8,628
United Kingdom572
England543
Germany62
Denmark32
France30
Midtjylland19
Netherlands16
Wales15

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
GenusNomad Bees · Nomada

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