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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Augochlorine Green Sweat Bees and Allies (Augochlorini) » Augochlorella » Golden Green Sweat Bee (Augochlorella aurata)
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green bee on Opuntia polyacantha - Augochlorella aurata - female
Copyright © 2009 Diane Wilson

green bee on Opuntia polyacantha - Augochlorella aurata - Female
Douglas County, Colorado, USA
June 14, 2009

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green bee on Opuntia polyacantha - Augochlorella aurata - female green bee on Opuntia polyacantha - Augochlorella aurata
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Contributed by Diane Wilson on 19 June, 2009 - 9:06pm
Last updated 24 April, 2017 - 3:54am

Moved
Moved from Augochlorella.
… John S. Ascher, 24 April, 2017 - 3:55am login or register to post comments

Halictid bee "sweat bee" i think
It might be in the tribe Augochlorini

I'm not a bee expert. Maybe somebody that is will give you a better answer, or correct me.
… Andrew Williams, 19 June, 2009 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
correct
this is a female Augochlorella
… John S. Ascher, 19 June, 2009 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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