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Hibiscus Turret Bee

Ptilothrix bombiformis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 290, February 311, March 340, April 557, May 722, June 358, July 290, August 280, September 338, October 313, November 259, December 265.
United States17,057
Virginia4,324
Maryland4,304
Pennsylvania1,179
Mississippi989
Arkansas893
New Jersey865
Missouri524
Texas505
Illinois469

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
GenusPtilothrix

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