#3656 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Pure Green Sweat bee
Augochlora pura
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what is it?
Augochlora pura is a solitary sweat bee found primarily in the Eastern United States. It is known for its bright green color and its tendency to forage on a variety of plants. Inhabiting rotting logs, this bee can produce up to three generations per year. Both males and females have been observed licking sweat from human skin, most likely seeking salt...
base stats
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.
- 30,970 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Pure Green Sweat bee
- scientific name
- Augochlora pura
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Halictidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 30,970
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Halictidae
#3550 📷 10Great Banded Furrow Bee
🇳🇱 Breedbandgroefbij
Halictus scabiosae
👀 98 in NL
#3563 📷 10White-lipped Blood Bee
🇳🇱 Grote bloedbij
Sphecodes albilabris
👀 71 in NL
#3601 📷 10Ashy Furrow Bee
🇳🇱 Zesvlekkige groefbij
Lasioglossum sexnotatum
👀 35 in NL
#3649 📷 8Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
🌍 55.8k seen
#3657 📷 10Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens
🌍 30.8k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 82523, Wikidata Q5517118, GBIF 1352791, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.