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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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Sweat Bee - Augochlorella aurata - female
Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross

Sweat Bee - Augochlorella aurata - Female
4 miles east of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 11, 2005
This bee seemed to be drinking a drop of water from a leaf after a rain. (Do they do that?) Anyway, I took several photos starting with this one and the drop completely disappeared after about a minute.
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 3 October, 2005 - 1:27pm
Last updated 4 August, 2015 - 1:15pm

Moved
Moved from Augochlorella.
… John S. Ascher, 15 March, 2014 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Augochlorini.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 November, 2006 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

probably Augochlorella
the only other choice is Augochlora, but I don't see the diagnostic clypeal lobe - and yes, all bees and wasps drink water (it just doesn't take them much, so they don't do it all that often)
… Doug Yanega, 3 November, 2005 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

Sweet.
As usual, another great image, Joyce. Looks like this gal bit off more than she could suck? Hahahaha:-) It might be that the rain dissolved honeydew that had accumulated on the leaf.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 October, 2005 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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