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Green Metallic Bee? / Sweat Bee? - Agapostemon texanus - female
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Green Metallic Bee? / Sweat Bee? - Agapostemon texanus - Female
Renton, King County, Washington, USA
October 5, 2013
Size: Approx 3/4"
Thought these were Green Metallic Bees until seeing most of those have alternately striped abdomens. Perhaps a Sweat Bee then...

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Green Metallic Bee? / Sweat Bee? - Agapostemon texanus - female Green Metallic Bee? / Sweat Bee? - Agapostemon texanus - female Green Metallic Bee? / Sweat Bee? - Agapostemon texanus - female
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Contributed by AnimalGuy on 6 October, 2013 - 12:03pm
Last updated 15 November, 2018 - 11:49am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 7 October, 2013 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

Does look quite like the spec
Does look quite like the specimen in this "Green Metallic Bee" post:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/242807

Does the similarly colored green abdomen suggest female, versus the individuals that have black/light barred abdomens?
… AnimalGuy, 6 October, 2013 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

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