Saturday, July 21, 2007

Sweat Bee




Sweet Bee (Halictidae) -- Tribe Augochlorini

Sitting on a Black-eyed Susan petal. There are many different species of the little, green, metallic bees which are divided into three tribes. Getting an ID to the proper tribe is often the best one can do from a photograph.

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