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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon virescens

The Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee is a small, shiny bee with beautiful green and black stripes. They love to buzz around flowers, helping them grow by spreading pollen.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee has a brilliant, iridescent metallic green head and thorax. Its abdomen is distinctly striped with black and bright yellow or pale bands, making it easily distinguishable from other sweat bees. They often appear jewel-like in sunlight.

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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A female bee carefully packs pollen and nectar into cells for her future babies.

These bees are called 'sweat bees' because they love to drink human sweat for salt!

They sometimes share a single burrow entrance, but each bee has its own nest!

Wow, these bees glow like a tiny, emerald jewel in the sunshine!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Buzz Pollination

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bees can 'buzz' pollen free because vibrating their flight muscles helps dislodge stubborn pollen from flowers.

Fähigkeit

Nectar-Sipping Tongue

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bees have a specialized, long tongue (proboscis) that helps them reach deep into flowers for nectar.

Fähigkeit

Underground Engineer

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bees can dig intricate underground nests because their strong legs and mandibles are perfect for tunneling in soil.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
10-24 mm
Größe
7-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
18 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They sip flower nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their growing larvae, yum!

Hauptnahrung

  • sunflower nectar
  • goldenrod pollen
  • aster nectar
  • daisy pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Carries pollen, helping these big flowers make seeds.

pollinates

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

An important pollinator for this common wildflower.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Sometimes caught by this camouflaged spider on flowers.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

If you see a bee, watch it from a distance and don't try to touch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

10-24 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

7-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

18 km/h

Was frisst Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

They sip flower nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their growing larvae, yum!

Wo findet man Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee?

6

Snap-Karte

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