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Pure Green Sweat bee (Augochlora pura)
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Copyright © 2005
Joe Schuller
Wasp? -
Augochlora pura
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
August 12, 2005
Size: about 1 cm
Anyone know what this is? It has an impressive set of palps that look almost like another set of legs.
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Contributed by
Joe Schuller
on 13 August, 2005 - 2:46pm
Last updated 9 March, 2014 - 7:43am
Moved
Moved from
Augochlorella or Augochlora pura
.
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John S. Ascher
, 9 March, 2014 - 7:43am
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Moved
Moved from
Augochlorini
.
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John S. Ascher
, 9 March, 2014 - 1:55am
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Tongue
These bees have an articulated tongue that is pretty impressive. I have some photos
here
in which you can see the movement of the tongue. I also have a
video
.
I plan to submit some other images soon.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 27 September, 2007 - 2:31pm
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Halictid bee.
This is actually a sweat bee in the tribe Augochlorini. Those palps are formed into a short "tongue," and that is what you have so elegantly captured in this image. Contrast this with "long-tongued" bees like bumble bees.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 15 August, 2005 - 3:34pm
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Thanks for the ID!
I had been through the Halictid images and saw the similarity, but I didn't see the long palps on any of the other images.
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Joe Schuller
, 15 August, 2005 - 5:39pm
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