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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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Cuckoo Wasp - Augochlora pura - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Meeds

Cuckoo Wasp - Augochlora pura - Female
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
April 17, 2009
Size: Around 1 cm
Found this little beauty poking around my wood pile. Any ideas?
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 2 May, 2009 - 5:47pm
Last updated 24 November, 2009 - 9:06pm

Moved
Moved from Metallic Green Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 24 November, 2009 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Augochlora pura
female
… John S. Ascher, 24 November, 2009 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

...
I'm not an expert, but it looks like a Metallic Green Bee.

Take a look here and see what you think:

Metallic Green Bees

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… Dan Leeder, 2 May, 2009 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
ack
Yeah, I shoulda known that. I've seen those before.
… Andrew Meeds, 2 May, 2009 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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