Sweat Bee

Augochlora – sweat bees (family Halictidae)
These genera are commonly called “sweat bees” because they are attracted to human sweat, which they drink for its salt content.

Augochlora are black, bright green, blue or brass-colored. They are small to medium, and between 0.2 to 0.4 inches long,

Augochlora pura, is the more commonly seen species in the U.S.; it is metallic green and occurs from the New World Tropics north to southern Oregon

Olympus E-5
50mm f2 macro
1.3 sec
f11
-0.3 ev
ISO200
manual focus
cropped to approx 70% of FF

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