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Small green metallic bee - Augochlorella - female
Copyright © 2009 Tim Lethbridge

Small green metallic bee - Augochlorella - Female
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
May 26, 2009
Size: roughly 6mm
I know I am not strong on estimating sizes in millimeters. I do better in relative terms. This green metallic bee is 1/2 the size of other green metallic bees I have photographed in the same area. I did see some of the larger green metallic bees on this trip but these tiny ones were more numerous. It is roughly 1/4 the size of a honey bee. The mimosa flower it is on forms a sphere about the size of a small gumball.

This is an example of the larger green metallic bees:

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Small green metallic bee - Augochlorella - female Small green metallic bee - Augochlorella - female
Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 30 May, 2009 - 9:46am
Last updated 30 September, 2009 - 1:04am

Augochlorella
female
… John S. Ascher, 30 May, 2009 - 9:54am

 
Eight minutes
from post to ID! Thanks Dr. Ascher!
… Tim Lethbridge, 30 May, 2009 - 10:10am

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