No Common Name Agapostemon virescens (Fabricius, 1775)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Halictidae   >   Genus Agapostemon   

Description:

Males distinguished from A. splendens by width of hind femora.

Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).

There are 86 records in the project database.

View images at BugGuide

View taxon at iNaturalist

View taxon at NatureServe

Search Google Images

Search MBP Facebook posts (beta | requires login)


[View seasonality details]
GA AL WA FR CL MO HO BA BC HA CE PG AA CV CH SM KE QA CN TA DO WI SO WO 
Agapostemon virescens on False Indigo Bush at Fort Smallwood Park, Maryland (5/14/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

An Agapostemon virescens in Carroll Co., Maryland (8/12/2020). Verified by Hartmut Wisch and John S. Ascher via BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Speckart. (MBP list)

A female Agapostemon virescens in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/25/2012). Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

An Agapostemon virescens in Harford Co., Maryland (7/14/2017). Verified by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A female Agapostemon virescens in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/26/2007). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

An Agapostemon virescens in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/24/2014). Verified by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

A female Agapostemon virescens collected in Caroline Co., Maryland. Photographed by Amanda Robinson. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Agapostemon virescens collected in Caroline Co., Maryland. Photographed by Amanda Robinson. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Agapostemon virescens collected in Caroline Co., Maryland. Photographed by Amanda Robinson. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

An Agapostemon virescens in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/7/2015). Determined by Hadel Go/BugGuide. Photo by Don Watley. (MBP list)

Agapostemon virescens with prey in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/19/2014). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Agapostemon virescens in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/12/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

Agapostemon virescens collected in Kings Co., New York. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Agapostemon virescens collected in Kings Co., New York. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

An Agapostemon virescens in Washington Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)


View All Images

Use of images featured on Maryland Biodiversity Project is only permitted with express permission of the photographer.

View Bibliography