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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 » Striped Sweat Bees (Agapostemon) » Subgenus Agapostemon (Agapostemon Subgenus Agapostemon) » Silky Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon sericeus)
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Wasp or sawfly? - Agapostemon species - Agapostemon sericeus - male
Copyright © 2005 Steve Scott

Wasp or sawfly? - Agapostemon species - Agapostemon sericeus - Male
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
October 30, 2005
Size: 1 cm +
Nectering on mums. Only one individual observed.

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Wasp or sawfly? - Agapostemon species - Agapostemon sericeus - male Wasp or sawfly? - Agapostemon sericeus - male Wasp or sawfly? - Agapostemon sericeus - male
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 1 November, 2005 - 6:16am
Last updated 30 January, 2012 - 4:20pm

Moved
Moved from Metallic Green Bees.
… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2008 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

not A. texanus
most likely A. sericeus
… John S. Ascher, 20 January, 2008 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Agapostemon texanum (Halictidae)
From the hind leg maculations, I conclude: male Agapostemon texanum
(although Mitchelll doesnt list it for IL). It should NOT be frassed.
… Adalbert Goertz, 5 November, 2005 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Why did you frass all these
We have no images of Agapostemon from Illinois in the guide yet.
… john and jane balaban, 1 November, 2005 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Frassed?
I'm not sure how they got here. I didn't move them. If the images aren't up to snuff I could send them without so much file compression.
… Steve Scott, 1 November, 2005 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
If you have more detailed images
you can simply replace these with the new ones. Click on one of these. Click on the EDIT tab. Go down to where you pasted the image and paste the new one. Once you have replaced as many of these as you wish, TAG them all. Go to Agapostemon and click on Move Tagged Images and they should move from Frass to the right guide page. Nice addition to the guide!
… john and jane balaban, 2 November, 2005 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the coaching!
Saludatory hallucinations

Steve Scott
… Steve Scott, 2 November, 2005 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

Halictid
Looks like a halictid of sorts. Perhaps something like this:.
Sawflies have abdomen broadly jouned to the thorax.
… Sean McCann, 1 November, 2005 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

 
Male Agapostemon sp.
This is a male specimen of an Agapostemon species in the family Halictidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 November, 2005 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to all. I had scanned all the pages for wasps and sawflies but never thought of bee. Next time . . .
… Steve Scott, 1 November, 2005 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to all. I had gone through the entire guide under wasps and sawflies but never thought of scanning the bees. Next time . . .
… Steve Scott, 1 November, 2005 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

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