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Species Augochlora pura

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Halictidae (Sweat Bees)
Subfamily Halictinae
Tribe Augochlorini
Genus Augochlora
Species pura (Augochlora pura)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Halictus purus; Augochlora festiva; Augochlora robertsoni; Augochlora banksiella; Halictus astios; Halictus asaphes; Augochlora palmarum
Size
Female: 8mm. Male: 8 mm.
Identification
Diagnostic shape of upper clypeal margin (laterally), with paraocular areas intruding into clypeus (John Ascher's comment).
Truncate marginal cell apex

dark, oval tegulae, epistomal lobes.
Range
Quebec and Maine to Minnesota, south to Texas and Florida.
Habitat
It burrows in wood. Mated females overwinter in wood.
Season
February to November (very early records in the South).
Life Cycle
1. Cells with larvae and pollen mass. 2. Larva and pollen loaves. 3. Larva. 4. Pupa. 5. Adult female. 6. Adult male
Remarks
Highly variable in color, some are coppery, others dark green.
Nests under bark. There is great variability on the kinds of cells they build. See: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. Nesting habits and life cycle of a sweat bee,Augochlora pura
Internet References
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. Nesting habits and life cycle of a sweat bee,Augochlora pura