Category: Halictus

• Halictus

  Halictus are fairly generic and fairly common bees. This genus of generic, dark-colored bees includes several widespread and abundant species that are field identifiable. Halictus are generally distinguishable from their similar-sized sweat bee relatives Lasioglossum by their hair bands on the rim of the tergites (e.g. a hair band on T1 overhangs the top of…

  Bee Watching

  January 9, 2023

  Backyard Bees, Genus page, Halictus

• Ligated/Poey’s furrow bee (Halictus ligatus/poeyi)

  Halictidae > Halictus > Halictus ligatus / Halictus poeyi Ligated furrow bee (Halictus ligatus) and Poey’s furrow bee (Halictus poeyi) are among the most abundant backyard bees in the Western Hemisphere. If you’re near flowering plants—particularly Asteraceae—in North America any time between late spring and early fall, this species pair (which is currently not separable…

  Bee Watching

  March 13, 2022

  Backyard Bees, Halictus, Species Page, Summer Bees

  asters, eusocial, furrow bee, Halictus ligatus, Halictus poeyi, sunflowers, sweat bee