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Pure Green Sweat bee

Augochlora pura

The Pure Green Sweat Bee is a shiny green bee that loves to buzz around flowers. They are friendly and help plants grow by spreading pollen while they collect nectar.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Pure Green Sweat bee is a small, iridescent bee with a brilliant metallic green body. Its striking emerald sheen makes it easy to distinguish from most other bees, which are typically black or yellow striped.

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Pure Green Sweat bee
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Pure Green Sweat bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female sweat bees build their own tiny nests all by themselves, often underground.

Pure Green Sweat bees get their name because they love to lap up human sweat!

Their amazing metallic green bodies can shimmer like a jewel in the sunlight!

These bees help pollinate many of your favorite fruits and vegetables!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Flower Friend Finder

Pure Green Sweat bee can transfer pollen because it visits many flowers, helping plants grow.

Fähigkeit

Tiny Tunnel Digger

Pure Green Sweat bee can excavate intricate nests in soil or rotting wood to raise its young.

Fähigkeit

Sparkling Sweat Seeker

Pure Green Sweat bee has a tongue designed to sip salty sweat, helping it get vital minerals.

Fähigkeit

Super Speedy Scout

Pure Green Sweat bee can fly quickly between flowers because of its powerful wing muscles, finding food sources.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
10-16 mm
Größe
5-8 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
5 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They feast on flower nectar for energy and pollen for protein to grow strong!

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • dandelion pollen
  • aster nectar
  • goldenrod pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

They help this flower reproduce by carrying pollen.

pollinates

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

An important early season food source for them.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

This spider often ambushes bees waiting on flowers.

parasitizes

Sweat Bee Parasitic Wasp

Coelopencyrtus augochlorae

Its larvae feed on the sweat bee larvae in the nest.

Merkmale

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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 Pure Green Sweat bee?

10-16 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Pure Green Sweat bee?

5-8 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Pure Green Sweat bee?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Pure Green Sweat bee?

5 km/h

Was frisst Pure Green Sweat bee?

They feast on flower nectar for energy and pollen for protein to grow strong!

Wo findet man Pure Green Sweat bee normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Pure Green Sweat bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Pure Green Sweat bee?

6

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