Bug FAQBicolored Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon virescens · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Halictidae
Also called: Bicolored Agapostemon
The bicolored striped sweat bee is a North American species. It nests underground, often with several females sharing a burrow.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is known as the bicolored striped sweat bee.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It builds its nests below ground, sometimes in groups where multiple females use the same tunnel.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
This species occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 47 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Washington, Illinois.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Halictidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapostemon_virescens
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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.