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green bee - Agapostemon
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

green bee - Agapostemon
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 12, 2005
Size: 8mm
This was almost honey bee size, and the abdomen has bold black and gray stripes.
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Contributed by tom murray on 14 May, 2005 - 12:09pm
Last updated 16 May, 2005 - 7:49pm

Probably Agapostemon sp.
Definitely Halictidae for the family. Agapostemon are usually larger and slightly more robust than the other metallic bee genera (except for Osmia in the Megachilidae). Females of some species are entirely metallic, while male Agapostemon always have a black and yellow- banded abdomen. Female A. virescens have a black and grey-banded abdomen, so perhaps that is your species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 May, 2005 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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