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Iridescent green hymenopteran - Agapostemon

Iridescent green hymenopteran - Agapostemon
Long Point, near eastern Tip, Norfolk County - Long Point, Ontario, Canada
June 10, 2015
Size: ~12 mm long
Tramping around in the head of Tragopogon dubius - very cooperative for photos

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Iridescent green hymenopteran
It may belong to the genus Agapostemon (Family Halictidae, Sweet Bees.)
Good luck!

Andrew
(I am not an entomologist.)

 
Yes
Likely sericeus or if not texanus

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