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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Orchid Bees (Euglossini) » Orchid Bees (Euglossa) » Green Orchid Bee (Euglossa viridissima)

Species Euglossa viridissima - Green Orchid Bee

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Halictidae? - Euglossa viridissima - female Orchid Bee - Euglossa viridissima - male Orchid bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - male Orchid bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - female Orchid Bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - male Baiting orchid bees at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - Euglossa viridissima - male Baiting orchid bees at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - Euglossa viridissima - male Orchid bee - Euglossa viridissima - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Euglossini (Orchid Bees)
Genus Euglossa (Orchid Bees)
Species viridissima (Green Orchid Bee)
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University of Florida
Discover Life
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 11 May, 2006 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 25 August, 2008 - 9:06pm

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