Spurred ceratina
The spurred ceratina is a tiny carpenter bee from eastern North America. It makes its nest inside hollow broken stems. The mother is very caring and looks after her babies until they are grown up.
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Fun facts
It nests in broken twigs and stems, like wild carrot and wild rose.
The mother cleans and guards her babies until they are adults, and she feeds them twice.
Sometimes the oldest daughter is a small helper who collects food for her brothers and sisters.
It is great at pollinating watermelons and cucumbers.
Young bees raised by their mother grow up calmer than bees that grow up alone.
Most asked questions about Spurred ceratina
?Where does the spurred ceratina nest?
Inside hollow broken stems and twigs, such as wild carrot and rose.
?Is the spurred ceratina a good pollinator?
Yes. It visits many flowers and is very good at pollinating watermelon and cucumber.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ceratina calcarata
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Ceratina calcarata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Jacy Lucier. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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