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Green sweat bee on California poppy

Augochlora pura

Description:

Small fast moving bee species. Bright metallic green. Active pollinators

Habitat:

Bayside garden

Notes:

These are just the most amazing little bees and a challenge to photograph.

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5 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

Thank you, Cindy and everyone. This series is part of about an hour I spent in my mom's garden. I have several more with several bee types, a bee-fly mimic, an earwig and a skipper butterfly, all in flowers

Wonderful, Karen!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Great series !

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

True. My favorites are the first 3 as they tell a story of his work

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

The last picture is so complete, his head is just covered with pollen.

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jun 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013

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