Scientific Name: Agapostemon sp.
Family: Halictidae
Native Range:
Size: Small – Medium, 7 – 15 mm (0.3 – 0.6 in)*
Nest: Ground, Loamy soil*
Active: Late spring – fall*
Color and Appearance: Bright green head and thorax, some species with green abdomen, other species with black and white (females), or black and yellow (males) striped abdomen*
Pollen Collection: Scopae hind legs*
Flight Distance: Unknown
*From Heather Holm, Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants. Minetonka: Pollination Press, LLC, 2014., p. 260.
Green Sweat Bee on Ohio Spiderwort Green Sweat Bee on Cup Plant Sweat Bee on Crape Myrtle