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Augochloropsis sp.
8 mm long green bee.
Semi rural wildlife habitat
Nectaring from pick tickseed (Coreopsis) in our butterfly garden & drinking from damp edge of our birdbath.
Spotted on Jul 13, 2012
Submitted on Jul 13, 2012
35 Comments (1–25)
Thanks Isabella & Alex!
Wow!
Wonderful serie !!!
Thanks Jeannette!
Great spotting :)
Thank you dgetzandanner!
So gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your kind comments Mayra, Oneng & Dez!
brilliant! wow, congrats! never seen a green bee!
Pretty..
Fascinating! Great spottinga,
You are right Karen. If you look at the third picture, you will see they have "coma" shaped tegulae (shoulders). That's characteristic on Augochloropsis genus
Karen, i love to watch them too, though I find them tricky to photograph!
Thanks for the correction Juan! The link to Agapostamon on bugguide looked like a match but Augochloropsis has the distinct eye shape.
Hi Karen. I don't think this is an Agapostemon. There's many genus (and species) of bright metalic green bees on Halictidae. This one is probably from Augochlora genus http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/325...
My favorite new subject to photograph
Thank you Oneng!
Pretty and great picture..
Thanks mg!
Thank you Neil & Jolly!
What a wonderful series. Great patience and dedication. Admirable effort you exerted to capture these great photos.
Simply beautiful Karen. Wow!
Thank you Craig! I've put the macro first because I'm always excited when I find a critter that stays put for its close ups!
Cracking Karen! The 4th shot in particular is a stunner!
Thank you Antonio!