Golden Sweat Bee

Augochlorella aurata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae

Augochlorella aurata is a primitively eusocial species of sweat bee (bees attracted by the salt in human sweat) in the family Halictidae. It is one of three species of Augochlorella found east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The body is a brilliant green metallic color, diffused to varying extents with a copper, red, or yellow color.

Distribution

Golden Sweat Bee — (c) Owen Strickland, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Owen Strickland · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2,039Canada · 215

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Owen Strickland, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Owen Strickland · CC-BY DescriptionAugochlorella aurata, Wikipedia contributors

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