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Green sweat bee on California poppy

Augochlora pura

Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

Small fast moving bee species. Bright metallic green. Active pollinators

Habitat:

Bayside garden

Notes:

These are just the most amazing little bees and a challenge to photograph.

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Comments (5)
KarenSaxton
Thank you, Cindy and everyone. This series is part of about an hour I spent in my mom's garden. I have several more with several bee types, a bee-fly mimic, an earwig and a skipper butterfly, all in flowers
KarenSaxton
True. My favorites are the first 3 as they tell a story of his work
alicelongmartin
The last picture is so complete, his head is just covered with pollen.

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PublishedJune 4, 2013

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