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Pure Green Sweat bee

Augochlora pura

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 83, February 89, March 121, April 235, May 551, June 127, July 108, August 112, September 118, October 97, November 69, December 65.
United States23,303
Canada3,545
Ohio2,571
Ontario2,468
New York2,410
Virginia2,047
Pennsylvania1,626
Maryland1,511
Vermont1,219
Illinois1,047

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilySweat Bees · Halictidae
GenusAugochlora

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