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Carpenter bee, a Rare card
Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Carpenter bee quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carpenter bee card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 ______.
Answer
subgenera. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. From the Carpenter bee article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carpenter bee. Carpenter bee 75 · Mesolithic 71 · Stubble burning 68 · Colobus 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carpenter bee. Carpenter bee 230,000 · Chevrotain 150,000 · Stubble burning 24,000 · Absinthe 3,800 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera.
- Both the scientific name Xylocopa and common name "carpenter bee" derive from their nesting behavior, nearly all species burrow into hard plant material such as dead wood or bamboo.
- The main exceptions are species in the subgenus Proxylocopa, which dig nesting tunnels in suitable soil.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carpenter bee article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Carpenter bee
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carpenter bee (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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