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Gold-Green Sweat Bee

Augochlora pura

Notes:

Metallic green wasp/bee. As I looked at it from a dorsal view, the wasp/bee shone almost as if it was golden.

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9 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks Jeannette!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Wow, very beautiful :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks Maria!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice one!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Gerardo, no problem!

I think you are right, Lorelei!

East End aka Lorelei
East End aka Lorelei 11 years ago

Could this be it? Gold-green sweat Bee Augochlora pura http://bugguide.net/node/view/322876
Love the detail

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

You right sorry!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Gerardo, I just checked out the BugGuide link and the species' range is from Florida to Costa Rica.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks Gerardo!

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 6, 2012
Submitted on Jun 9, 2012

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