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Golden Sweat Bee

Augochlorella aurata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 1,106, February 1,185, March 1,298, April 2,126, May 2,756, June 1,368, July 1,107, August 1,070, September 1,291, October 1,193, November 989, December 1,012.
United States94,345
Virginia16,501
Maryland16,158
Massachusetts10,858
New York9,875
Canada5,637
Pennsylvania4,396
Ontario3,445
West Virginia3,170
Vermont3,094

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

Sources

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