Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon splendens

The Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee is a small, shiny bee with beautiful brown wings. They love to visit flowers and help plants grow by spreading pollen.

Hábitat: Urban areas, gardens

Aspecto

The Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee is a medium-sized bee with a brilliant metallic green head and thorax. Its abdomen is distinctly striped with black and pale yellow bands. Unlike some relatives, its wings are noticeably tinted light brown, giving it a unique appearance.

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Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Some female sweat bees share a nest entrance, but raise their young alone.

Their shimmering green bodies can change color slightly in different light!

They like to dig their nests in the ground, often in sunny, open soil.

This bee helps many plants make seeds, even though it's not a honeybee!

Habilidades especiales

Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee has dazzling iridescent green armor that helps them blend into leafy surroundings.

Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee can carry loads of pollen because of special hairs on its legs, aiding flower pollination.

Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee has sensors that help them find sweat on skin, which provides them with vital salts.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 10-20 mm
Tamaño: 7-12 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 20 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

This busy bee sips nectar for energy and collects pollen to feed its young!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat a special mix of pollen and nectar collected by the adult bee.

Alimentos principales

Nectar
Pollen

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Visits and pollinates these cheerful yellow wildflowers.

eaten by

Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Can be ambushed by this camouflaged spider on flowers.

parasitizes

Cuckoo Bee

Nomada articulata

Female lays eggs in the sweat bee's ground nest.

Rasgos

Peludo

Peludo describe a los animales que poseen una cubierta densa de pelo o pelaje suave.

A rayas

Marcado con bandas paralelas o líneas de color.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Herbívoro

Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Diurno

Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.

Especie clave

Describe una especie cuya presencia y papel tienen un efecto desproporcionadamente grande en su entorno.

Adaptado a la ciudad

Esta característica de hábitat indica especies que pueden coexistir con los humanos en entornos urbanos y suburbanos, utilizando estructuras artificiales y espacios verdes.