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Metallic Sweat Bees

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Metallic Sweat Bees are tiny, shiny bees that love to collect pollen and nectar from flowers. They are friendly and help plants grow by spreading pollen.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Metallic Sweat Bee is a small, slender bee often shimmering with brilliant metallic greens, blues, or coppery hues. Its body can appear smooth and jewel-like, making it distinctly vibrant among garden insects.

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Metallic Sweat Bees
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Metallic Sweat Bees

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Many species are solitary, building their own homes and raising their young alone!

Some Metallic Sweat Bees are known to share a nest with several other females!

These tiny bees can be important pollinators for many different kinds of crops!

They are called 'sweat bees' because they sometimes land on people to sip salty sweat!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Salt Seeker

Metallic Sweat Bees can detect and are drawn to human sweat because it provides them with essential salts and minerals they need.

Fähigkeit

Pollinator Power

Metallic Sweat Bees are expert pollinators, collecting pollen on their fuzzy bodies that helps many plants reproduce and grow.

Fähigkeit

Earth Excavator

Metallic Sweat Bees can dig intricate underground nests because their strong mandibles and legs are adapted for excavation in soil.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
6-16 mm
Größe
4-8 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
1-50

Ernährung und Fütterung

They sip sweet nectar from flowers for energy and gather pollen to feed their young.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • water
  • mineral salts
  • honeydew

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

helps this flower produce seeds.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

ambushes bees visiting flowers for nectar.

parasitizes

Cuckoo Bee

Sphecodes albilabris

lays eggs in their nests for its young.

pollinates

White Clover

Trifolium repens

is visited for its abundant nectar.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't swat at bees! They usually just want to collect nectar and won't hurt you.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Metallic Sweat Bees?

6-16 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Metallic Sweat Bees?

4-8 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Metallic Sweat Bees?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Metallic Sweat Bees?

15 km/h

Was frisst Metallic Sweat Bees?

They sip sweet nectar from flowers for energy and gather pollen to feed their young.

Wo findet man Metallic Sweat Bees normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Metallic Sweat Bees?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Metallic Sweat Bees?

6

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