Green Metallic Bee
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Green Metallic Bee
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A female green metalic bee - Agapostemon splendens - flying in front of a trio of Leavenworth's tickseed - Coreopsis leavenworthii - flowers with the yellow dots of many more tickseed blooms in the background.
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Coreopsis is the official Florida state wildflower.
The green metallic bee is Agapostemon splendens, a small bee that can be seen in much of the eastern US from April through October, possibly year-round in Florida.
All of the species of Agapostemon are at least partially metallic green. The A. splendens female has a metallic blue-green abdomen with dark bands and the male has a yellow and black banded abdomen. The 2 pairs of wings are dark, not clear.
Green metallic bees are members of the Halictidae family commonly called sweat bees for the behavior of some of the species of being attracted to perspiration. Many bees in this family nest in the ground.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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June 21st, 2016
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