Augochlorella aurata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Augochlorella aurata is a primitively eusocial species of sweat bee (bees attracted by the salt in human sweat) in the family Halictidae. It is one of three species of Augochlorella found east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The body is a brilliant green metallic color, diffused to varying extents with a copper, red, or yellow color. A. aurata is a generalist pollen feeder and likely an important pollinator for some horticultural crops. A common name is golden green sweat bee.
Augochlorella aurata are usually a golden green color but can range from a metallic blue to a coppery pink. Both males and females of Augochlorella aurata are around 5-7mm with females usually slightly larger than males. Like many bees, the females have 10 antennal segments and the males have 11.
Augochlorella aurata have a few specific characteristics that define them from other bees with similar appearance. Like many members of Halictidae, the tip of the mandible of these bees is rounded and said to be shaped like a glove or mitten. This character distinguishes them from Augochlora pura that bears similar resemblance but have forked mandible tips. The propodeum is... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Denver | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | New York City | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Sweat Bee sighting in Acadia National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 245th most-seen of the 405 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Sweat Bee in Acadia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Sweat Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Acadia National Park, in our data
Acadia National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden Sweat Bee sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Halictidae
The closest relatives of the Golden Sweat Bee that you can see in Acadia National Park (family Halictidae, Sweat Bees) are Orange-Legged Furrow Bee (about 10%) and Ligated Furrow Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Sweat Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Acadia National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
