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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) » Halictini » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Halictus sensu lato (Halictus Subgenus Halictus sensu lato) » Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus)
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Male Halictid? - Halictus rubicundus - male
Copyright © 2006 Cheryl Moorehead

Male Halictid? - Halictus rubicundus - Male
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
August 9, 2006
I was watching Green Metallic Bees and waiting for one to stop moving for a moment when this guy came by. I wasn't sure it was even a bee until I was looking at this guide and saw one from Victoria, BC. It would be really cool if someone could ID it, but I realize that the photos aren't really that clear (and I don't remember how big it was).

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 21 September, 2006 - 9:43pm
Last updated 22 September, 2006 - 9:54pm

Halictus rubicundus
male
… John S. Ascher, 28 September, 2006 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Halictus.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 22 September, 2006 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Thanks
Thank you both, I'm learning a lot from this site! I had thought that it was some kind of sawfly, because it didn't look right in the abdomen for a bee (I didn't realize how many bees have males that last for any length of time). It's like going to school, except there are no walls to separate all the people with the different viewpionts and backgrounds.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 22 September, 2006 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sweat Bees.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 22 September, 2006 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Lasioglossum sp.? (Halictidae)
male.
… Adalbert Goertz, 22 September, 2006 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right...
Of course I don't have very many resources, yet to check on ID's. I will keep this in the Halictidae page for the time being, though.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 22 September, 2006 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Wrong.
I'd be willing to put money on Halictus as the genus. Most Lasioglossum males are much smaller, with at least a trace of a metallic lustre.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 September, 2006 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
1/2 wrong, 1/2 right
Many Lasioglossum have no metallic lustre whatsoever, and many Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) are rather large. However I do think this is a Halictus rubicundus as the hair bands appear to be apical
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2006 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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