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Sunflower Chimney Bee

Diadasia enavata

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 California.January 44, February 38, March 40, April 49, May 48, June 35, July 30, August 31, September 39, October 40, November 51, December 40.
United States2,590
California486
Texas433
Utah377
Colorado322
Nebraska150
Idaho120
Arizona108
Oregon107
Oklahoma90

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
GenusDiadasia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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