Summer Garden Bees of Portland
This guide is based upon collections made in 24 Portland-area gardens, each June, July, and August in 2017-2019. We collected Lasioglossum zephryum (Smith, 1853), but this species is not yet in the iNaturalist database. There are also 12 Lasioglossum, 16 Specodes, and 1 Stelis morphospecies ...more ↓
Confusing Furrow Bee
Halictus confusus, the southern bronze furrow bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae.
Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus is a species of sweat bee from the family Halictidae, characterized by those bees that mine or burrow into the ground to create their nests. Moreover, As a member of the Halictidae, H. ligatus is commonly categorized a sweat bee due to its attraction to the salts of human perspiration. H. ligatus, like Lasioglossum zephyrum, is a ...more ↓
Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus is a species of sweat bee found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. H. rubicundus was introduced into North America from the Old World during one of two main invasions of Halictus subgenera. These invasions likely occurred via the Bering land bridge at times of low sea level during the Pleistocene epoch.
