#3657 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon virescens

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Heather Holm · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Briana Lindh · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bill Stitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Christina Butler · CC BY 4.0
5. © Jeff Oien · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Dayron Breto · CC BY 4.0
7. Spokane Valley, WA 99206, USA:© sentraevant · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 7545 Yonge St, Markham, ON, CA:© Hannah Mews · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Englewood Ave, Saint Paul, MN, US:© Michelle Orcutt · CC BY 4.0
10. Nova Scotia, CA:© Thomas Murimboh · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Agapostemon virescens , the bicolored striped-sweat bee , is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,776iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
30,776 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).