Maryland Biodiversity Project - Augochlorella aurata

Augochlorella aurata (Smith, 1853)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Hymenoptera > Family Halictidae > Genus Augochlorella Augochlorella aurata - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/3144

"One of the most common bees in Eastern North America... a particular lover of open fields." (Droege, 2013)

Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as primitively eusocial or semisocial (Selfridge et al., 2017).

There are 54 records in the project database.

A female Augochlorella aurata collected in Boonsboro, Maryland (7/1/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Augochlorella aurata collected in Boonsboro, Maryland (7/1/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Augochlorella aurata collected in Boonsboro, Maryland (7/1/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Augochlorella aurata in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/1/2014). Verified by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

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