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Green Sweat Bee (Female)

Augochlora pura

Description:

Sweat Bee is the common name of a large family of bees, many of which are attracted to the salts in human perspiration. Most sweat bees are small to medium-sized, 3 to 10 mm.

1 Species ID Suggestions

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 11 years ago
green sweat bee
Augochlora sp


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8 Comments

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

beautiful!

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 11 years ago

Thanks abbaiti12!

abbaiti12
abbaiti12 11 years ago

Very co-ordinated Contrast,very nice photo!

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 11 years ago

Thank you for the ID, KarenSaxton and Small Wonders.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 11 years ago

I second A. pura, if they live in that region.

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

:D fantastic

Small Wonders
Small Wonders 11 years ago

Nice spot Courtney, This looks like Augochlora pura - female, but I am not certain -
http://bugguide.net/node/view/79292

CourtneyVerk
Spotted by
CourtneyVerk

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jul 22, 2012
Submitted on Jul 22, 2012

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