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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) » Augochlora » Pure Green Sweat bee (Augochlora pura)
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Red Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura
Copyright © 2019 erikebrown

Red Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura
Haymarket, VA, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
July 21, 2019
Size: small (sweat bee size)
Red sweat bee, assume this is a Halictidae and would love to know the Genus or Species. Found in a stand of Mountain Mint in our side yard that was covered in bees.

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Red Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura Red Sweat Bee - Augochlora pura
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Contributed by erikebrown on 21 July, 2019 - 3:09pm
Last updated 9 August, 2019 - 3:19am

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 9 August, 2019 - 3:19am login or register to post comments

please crop photos
To show 'just the bug' if you can. To identify the green sweat bees, there are a handful of characters that must be seen at pretty close range. It is probably something like Augochlorella aurata (there is a lot of variability in the metallic coloration) but it is difficult to tell without a clear view of the face or wings.
… Molly Jacobson, 21 July, 2019 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You!
Thanks, Molly! These were the best shots I had, hard to get the little things to hold still.
… erikebrown, 21 July, 2019 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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