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Abrupt Digger Bee

Anthophora abrupta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 31, February 33, March 36, April 59, May 77, June 51, July 31, August 30, September 36, October 33, November 28, December 28.
United States3,532
Virginia460
Maryland361
North Carolina326
Texas314
Illinois303
Missouri232
Ohio156
Louisiana155
Canada138

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
GenusCommon Digger Bees · Anthophora

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