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Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 7, 2008
Size: 6 mm (approx.)
The gold may be an artifact of sunlight or flash. I get the same effect with blow flies. I think it's because the camera software doesn't expect the green channel to be overexposed.

Found in a sunlit patch beside a trail in suburban woods.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 29 October, 2008 - 7:30pm
Last updated 29 October, 2008 - 8:32pm

Augochlora pura female
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… John S. Ascher, 29 October, 2008 - 8:25pm

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