
	Description
	The head and thorax are bright metalic green to bluish-green. The thorax is rough with fine, deep, contiguous punctures, all of the same size. The male abdomen is black with yellow bands. The female abdomen is bright metalic green to bluish-green.

	Size
	⅜″ to 7 ⁄16″ long

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	Biology
	Season
	April to October

	Behavior


	Life Cycle


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	Adult Food


	Taxonomy
	Order	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
	Suborder	Apocrita (narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
	Infraorder	Aculeata (ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
	Superfamily	Apoidea (bees and apoid wasps)
	Epifamily	Anthophila (bees)
	Family	Halictidae (sweat bees)
	Subfamily	Halictinae (sweat and furrow bees)
	Tribe	Halictini
	Genus	Agapostemon (striped sweat bees)
	Subgenus	Agapostemon

	Synonyms


	Common Names
	silky striped sweat bee


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	Angela B.

	I saw one for the first time while taking photos at the center.




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Alfredo Colon 8/12/2019	Location: Woodbury, MN



John Teske 9/11/2017	Location: Oronoco, MN



Angela B. 6/4/2016	Location: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington, MN I saw one for the first time while taking photos at the center.



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silky striped sweat bee