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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)
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Green bee or fly - Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California. This bee or fly was feeding on hawksbeard. - Agapostemon
Copyright © 2013 Paul Bartz

Green bee or fly - Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California. This bee or fly was feeding on hawksbeard. - Agapostemon
Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, Skyline Boulevard, San Mateo County, California, USA
April 14, 2013
Size: ~1cm in length
This bee or fly was travelling from flower to flower feeding; it seemed most attracted to hawksbeard.
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Contributed by Paul Bartz on 14 April, 2013 - 10:29pm
Last updated 16 April, 2013 - 12:16am

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Agapostemon
Genus Agapostemon is composed of the metallic green sweat bees.
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