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Dark-veined Longhorn Bee

Melissodes trinodis

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 Pennsylvania.January 302, February 360, March 447, April 715, May 1,096, June 542, July 400, August 375, September 455, October 411, November 296, December 291.
United States15,158
Pennsylvania5,690
Canada3,168
Manitoba2,269
Maryland1,568
Virginia1,500
Ontario811
New York564
Minnesota464
Delaware395

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
GenusMelissodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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