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Agapostemon sp.
Roughly 12 millimeters in body length, colored as shown, with bright metallic green head and thorax, black-and white-banded abdomen.
Bee was visiting flowers of a lone, blooming saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.) in a vast open field of degraded shortgrass praire with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
This is either Agapostemon coloradinus or A. virescens. Identification to species hinges on characters not readily visible in images of live, wild specimens.
Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jan 19, 2014
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