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title: "Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee"
description: "Agapostemon virescens — Insetti e ragni. Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bicolored-striped-sweat-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee

> Agapostemon virescens — Insetti e ragni. Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae.

- Scientific name: *Agapostemon virescens*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 29871
- Wikidata: [Q3002253](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3002253)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82530](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82530)

## Names

- en: Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee
- fr: Abeille verte bicolore

## Countries with the most observations

US (17926), CA (4626)

## Summary

Agapostemon virescens, the bicolored striped sweat bee, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in North America, and is the official bee of the city of Toronto. Like other species in its genus, A. virescens nests underground, in aggregations wherein multiple females share a single burrow.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapostemon_virescens

## Photo

![Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bicolored-striped-sweat-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Neville Park · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219663322

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bicolored-striped-sweat-bee?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).