Golden Sweat Bee

Augochlorella aurata

The Golden Sweat Bee is a small, shiny bee that loves to visit flowers. They are friendly and help plants grow by spreading pollen. You can find them buzzing around in gardens and meadows!

Hábitat: Urban areas, gardens, meadows

Aspecto

The Golden Sweat Bee has a stunning, iridescent metallic body that shimmers bright green or golden-green in sunlight. Its slender form and clear wings make it appear like a tiny flying jewel. This small bee often has faint stripes on its abdomen, distinguishing it from similarly sized flies.

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Golden Sweat Bee

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Female sweat bees often lay their eggs in nests they dug themselves, protecting their babies.

Its shimmering body is caused by light bouncing off tiny structures, not pigments!

Some golden sweat bees can 'buzz pollinate,' shaking pollen out of flowers like a tiny vibrator!

They are very gentle and rarely sting, even if you get very close to them!

Habilidades especiales

Golden Sweat Bee can drink human sweat because it needs the salt and minerals that helps them stay healthy.

Golden Sweat Bee has fuzzy hairs that help them collect pollen and carry it between flowers, helping plants make seeds.

Golden Sweat Bee can dig small, cozy burrows in the soil because it helps them create safe nests for their young.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 8-15 mm
Tamaño: 4-8 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 10-15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These bees sip sugary nectar and gather nutritious pollen from flowers to fuel their buzzing lives!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat a paste of pollen and nectar provisioned by the mother, while adults consume only nectar.

Alimentos principales

Nectar
Pollen
Aster flowers
Goldenrod flowers
Clover flowers

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Helps transfer pollen between its vibrant yellow flowers.

pollinates

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Visits these common flowers for easy access to nectar and pollen.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

A swift bird that might snatch foraging bees from the air.

Rasgos

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.

Miniatura

Relativo a especies que son significativamente más pequeñas que lo típico o promedio de su tipo.

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.