Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)

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#Bumblebees along with the #Sweatbees were also digging all the flowering #Milkweed! Some of my neighbors must think I'm mad, but my next door neighbor loves it!

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So, in other news, my #bumblebee friends are back! I only sighted a few on the rhododendron, but that's more than what I've seen in the past few weeks! I managed to catch a photo of one in flight with full pollen sacs! There were lots of little green #SweatBees there as well, but they are so tiny, it's hard to get a photo of them (and my camera battery had died, so I had to use my cell phone).

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Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)
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The Sweat Bees are impossible to ID. This is one of the best photos I have been able to get. It is less than 10mm in size, feeding on a Rudbeckia in my garden. The location is Saskatoon (Central SK) today. Any help? INaturalist suggest Lassioglossum gemmatum, but I am not sure.

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I was taking a photo of my bog goldenrod and caught the sweat bees in an absolute nectar orgy. I just love their outsized, ant-like antennas!

#sweatbees #pollinators #goldenrod #boggoldenrod #wildlifegardening #yxe