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* 1. This insect was listed as federally endangered in 2017 due to a steep and widespread decline in its population. It pollinates many important crops including plums, apples and cranberries. The female workers of this species are black and yellow and adorably fuzzy all over their bodies with a distinctive orange patch on their backs which gives them their name. Who is it?

an insect on a purple flower
Rusty Patch Bumblebee
Answer
83%
Honey Bee
17%
Syrphid Fly
0%
Yellow Jacket
0%
Luna Moth
0%
Closed to responses | 163 Responses

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* 2. This butterfly has developed an amazing defense mechanism called mimicry. As an adult, it looks so similar to Monarch butterflies that many predators will not even try to eat it. Since Monarchs are poisonous, predators will avoid eating them, and therefore they have learned to avoid eating this butterfly as well since it tricks them into thinking it is a poisonous meal. Who is it?

An insect on a white flower
Viceroy
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73%
Zebra Swallowtail
16%
Vaiegated Fritillary
7%
Silver-Spotted Skipper
3%
Red-Spotted Purple
1%
Closed to responses | 161 Responses

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* 3. These native bees look like bumblebees and are important pollinators because they are long-lived and use a special type of pollen gathering called "buzz pollination." When they land on flowers they buzz loudly, using their wings and muscles to vibrate the flowers until the pollen falls out and sticks to their body. This pollination technique is important as it allows this bee to pollinate flowers that are otherwise inaccessible to many other pollinators. Who is it?

A bee on a purple flower
Carpenter Bee
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70%
Honey Bee
12%
Mason Bee
9%
Sweat Bee
6%
Leafcutter Bee
3%
Closed to responses | 159 Responses

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* 4. In its brief lifespan, a single Southeastern Blueberry Bee can pollinate so many blueberry flowers that it is single-handedly responsible for production of up to 6,000 blueberry fruits. That's a crop worth around $75. It is estimated that just one of these bees visits about how many blueberry flowers during only a few weeks as an adult?

a bee pollinating a white flower
50,000
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51%
6,000
30%
10,000
10%
200
7%
75
1%
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* 5. This pollinator has a fuzzy yellow and black body. Unlike many of the other closely related insects it is grouped with, this pollinator is not exclusively nocturnal and can be seen visiting flowers during the day. It is often mistaken for a bumblebee due to its color and flight patterns. This mimicry adaptation fools its predators into avoiding it because they think it is a bee. Who is it?

winged insect on dark purple flower
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
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86%
Syrphid Fly
5%
Tiger Swallowtail
4%
Yellow Jacket
3%
Cuckoo Bee
1%
Closed to responses | 152 Responses

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