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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee - Agapostemon virescens Habitat: Garden Agapostemon,Agapostemon virescens,Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee,Geotagged,Summer,United States,bee,sweat bee Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

    comments (8)

  1. Nice finding! Posted 3 years ago
    1. Thanks Marta! Posted 3 years ago
  2. Beautiful bee Posted 3 years ago
    1. Beautiful and very busy :) Posted 3 years ago
  3. Beautiful specimen! Posted 3 years ago
    1. Thanks, I love the green! Posted 3 years ago
  4. Really loading up on those legs! Posted 3 years ago
    1. Yep -- they are generalists and have long scopal hairs on their legs, so they can collect a lot of pollen from many different species of plants. Posted 3 years ago

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Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped-sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in North America.

Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Mar 2, 2022. Captured Jul 14, 2021 10:19 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO1600
  • 100mm