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Little Nomad Bee

Nomada flavoguttata

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 271, February 200, March 314, April 494, May 712, June 776, July 831, August 714, September 525, October 392, November 214, December 167.
United States5,610
Alaska5,610
United Kingdom14
England12
France6
Belgium5
Wallonne Gewest4
Germany2
Denmark2
Centre-Val de Loire2

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Little Nomad Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.