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At 7:02 PM -0300 7/9/15, Sean Dzafovic wrote:
>I saw some bees coming out of ground burrows that had a green thorax
>and a yellow/black striped abdomen. I looked through Bug Guide and
>they seemed to be
>
>Agapostemon angelicus
><http://bugguide.net/node/view/166106>http://bugguide.net/node/view/166106
>
>but the map shows they are only in Western and central US/Canada.
>Are these present in Nova Scotia, or would they be another species?
Close on the ID, Sean, but they are far more likely to be (and look
pretty much indistinguishable from) A. virescens (which does occur
here). See http://bugguide.net/node/view/21858
Phil
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<div>At 7:02 PM -0300 7/9/15, Sean Dzafovic wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I saw some bees coming out of ground
burrows that had a green thorax and a yellow/black striped abdomen. I
looked through Bug Guide and they seemed to be<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><i><b>Agapostemon
angelicus</b></i><b><br>
</b><a
href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/166106"
>http://bugguide.net/node/view/166106</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>but the map shows they are only in
Western and central US/Canada.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Are these present in Nova Scotia, or
would they be another species?</blockquote>
<div><br></div>
<div>Close on the ID, Sean, but they are far more likely to be (and
look pretty much indistinguishable from) A. virescens (which does
occur here). See http://bugguide.net/node/view/21858</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Phil</div>
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1J3</font></div>
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"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow
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