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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 Seladonia (Halictus Subgenus Seladonia) » Halictus confusus
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small springtime bee - Halictus confusus
Copyright © 2018 Larry Reis

small springtime bee - Halictus confusus
Chattahoochie Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
April 24, 2018
Size: 8 mm
This bee was gathering pollen from snow trillium flower. It had light stripes on its abdomen, but was otherwise very similar in coloration to a smaller nearby bee. I will include another image of the smaller bee beside this one too.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 1 November, 2018 - 12:08pm
Last updated 2 November, 2018 - 7:10am

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… John S. Ascher, 2 November, 2018 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

 
Halictus confusus
Thanks for confirming the ID on this sweat bee, John!
… Larry Reis, 2 November, 2018 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

Halictus
Both bees in your photo are sweat bees, but those bands of hair distinguish it from the smaller Lasioglossum subgenus Dialictus. Two metallic species in your area - Halictus confusus or tripartitus. An expert may be able to tell you which.

Cropping the photos closer to just the bee will allow us to see important characteristics easier.
… Molly Jacobson, 1 November, 2018 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
sweat bees
Thanks so much for your help at identifying these two sweat bees, Molly. I am slowly working to document as many different bees, and other bugs, that live in Winneshiek County Iowa, but I'm not an entomologist so I really appreciate your expertise! I will crop the bees and other bugs closer in any future submissions.
… Larry Reis, 1 November, 2018 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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