Bug FAQSilky Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon sericeus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Halictidae
Also called: Whitish Sweat Bee, Silky Agapostemon
The silky striped sweat bee is a solitary sweat bee in the family Halictidae.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It belongs to the sweat bee family Halictidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is not picky about nesting sites and will use moist lawns, garden edges and unmowed ground where flowers grow.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
The species is a member of the sweat bee family Halictidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
It is a sweat bee in the family Halictidae, like other Agapostemon species.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 46 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Vermont, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Halictidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapostemon_sericeus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.