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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.

Hábitat: Urban areas

Aspecto

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

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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!

Habilidades especiales

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Salt Seeker

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

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Pollinator Power

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

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Earth Excavator

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
6-16 mm
Tamaño
4-8 mm
Esperanza de vida
30-90 días
Velocidad de vuelo
15 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6
Tamaño de la colonia
1-50

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • water
  • mineral salts
  • honeydew

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Metallic Sweat Bees?

6-16 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Metallic Sweat Bees?

4-8 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Metallic Sweat Bees?

30-90 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Metallic Sweat Bees?

15 km/h

¿Qué come Metallic Sweat Bees?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Metallic Sweat Bees?

Urban areas

¿Cómo caza Metallic Sweat Bees?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Metallic Sweat Bees?

6

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