Green Sweat Bee on Cactus Flower Close ups - Agapostemon

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Green Sweat Bee on Cactus Flower Close ups - Agapostemon -

Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
March 26, 2015
Size: 11mm

This sequence of images is blurry and they may not be good enough for a positive ID. I have included the best images that I could pull from the video, for this individual. I'm very nearly convinced that she is a desert native, Sweat Bee named Agapostemon anglicus. She was feeding on Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus flowers and the name is Opuntia engelmannii.
Here is a link to the complete ID video, with several metalic green Sweat Bee females.
♀ Green Sweat Bees & Antlions ♀♂
Please confirm, move or frass these images. Thanks for your help!

Images of this individual: tag all

Green Sweat Bee on Cactus Flower Close ups - Agapostemon - female

Contributed by Bob Biagi on 29 March, 2015 - 9:52pm
Last updated 15 April, 2015 - 6:42pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 30 March, 2015 - 6:23am

Agapostemon female

Likely angelicus but could be texanus

Double punctuate scutum is a distinctive feature of those two species

… John S. Ascher, 30 March, 2015 - 6:21am

ID Targets For Agapostemon Sp. Macro Shots

John, thanks for moving all of the bees around!
I'm glad that something of value was visible here and yet, many peoples images of both species, clearly show that feature.
What I need is a short list of the most important anatomy targets to aim at, because the ID section of the info pages, for these two species is somewhat sparse and I don't have a key. Can we please add any kind of a handy link to some kind of keying information, to help out the other BugHunters? I have a very limited focus on things!

… Bob Biagi, 30 March, 2015 - 4:45pm

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