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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 halictid on gumweed - Augochlorella aurata - female
Copyright © 2015 Lynn Monroe

Green halictid on gumweed - Augochlorella aurata - Female
6 miles NW Lyons, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 27, 2014
Size: ~ 5 mm
This small brilliant green metallic halictid female is gathering pollen from Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) in the foothills at about ~6400'. Although I was not able to capture wing venation, one photo I have does show a pointed marginal cell. Augochlorella possibly?

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Green halictid on gumweed - Augochlorella aurata - female Green halictid on gumweed - Augochlorella aurata - female
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 31 August, 2015 - 11:02am
Last updated 31 August, 2015 - 6:23pm

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Augochlorella aurata
Thanks so much of identifying this brilliant bee, Dr. Ascher. Your help is always so much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 1 September, 2015 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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