Bicoloured Sweat Bee

Agapostemon virescens native bee

Metallic-green communal ground-nesting bee; generalist on open flowers.

41 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBrittle Prickly-pearOpuntia fragilisgroundcover · June-JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant Bur-reedSparganium eurycarpumaquatic · June-JulyGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPlains Prickly Pear CactusOpuntia polyacanthagroundcover · Jun-JulPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberTall CinquefoilDrymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-Jul

gathers pollen at

Canada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–August