Northeastern North America might not have the lush colours of the tropics but I still think the metallic green sweat bees (_Agapostemon_) on the bright purple and saffron New England aster (_Symphyotrichum novae-angliae_) are just as fine to look at as any rainforest scene.
#BloomScrolling #bugstodon #NativeBees #insects #bees #Hymenoptera #Halictidae #Asteraceae
Pure green sweat bee (๐๐ถ๐จ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข) on a dandelion (๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐น๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ), from Thompson Park:
#InsectThursday #BloomScrollingWithBee #BloomScrollingWithInsect #bee #SweatBee #Halictidae #hymenoptera #insects
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I don't know. Note that it was John Ascher, not I, who ID'd that bee!
Augochlora pura is common in my garden. That's what I expect to see. Augochlorella is a surprise. That's my only observation of that species anywhere.
I know that the tegula is important, but I don't know in what way. In my garden, I look at the eye notch, but that's not diagnostic.
https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Bee_genera_United_States_and_Canada
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