Dee At 8 A.M.: Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

I am a Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

Look on the flower, I'm the metallic green spot

I'm abundant, but need sandy soil for nesting

If you don't see me, that could be why not.

Location: DeLuca Preserve, Okeechobee,

Sources: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.882084/Agapostemon_splendens

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We are known from left to right: Southern Carpenter Bee

Western Honeybee and Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee,

One thing we all have in common -

We are all Bristle Thistle devotees!

Location: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, MINWF

Sources: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/five-facts-bees-in-florida/

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

I am a Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee

I'm mostly green and black, but I've got brown wings

At the moment I am covered with pollen -

I don't really have white fuzzy rear limbs.

Location: WW Ranch Road, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Sebastian

Sources: https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.882084/Agapostemon_splendens

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson