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Peridot Sweat Bee

Augochlorella pomoniella

4,601 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 394, February 341, March 355, April 440, May 427, June 314, July 350, August 477, September 479, October 355, November 457, December 352.
United States5,897
California4,326
Utah661
Nevada545
Arizona346
Mexico28
Texas18
Baja California17
Sinaloa3
Baja California Sur2

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
GenusAugochlorella

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