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A dull olive green bee with orange legs of the Family Halictidae.
Abandoned field, semi-urban area on the outskirts of the city, 2,200 meters.
Most halictid bees are solitary and create underground nests for their offspring. However, halictid bees are especially interesting to biologists because many species have evolved to live in social colonies recently in evolutionary history. Closely related halictid bee species are known to be social in one habitat and solitary in another. These patterns can help biologists study the origins of social behavior among insects. Some Kentucky halictid bee species show intermediate social behavior: several individual bees create nests near one another but do not work together.
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Thank you Maria, I was photographing 2 different individuals of 2 different species and didn't even know it until I looked at the pictures, because the sun was so bright and they were the same size! I was amazed.
Very nice spotting!