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Avalon sweat bee

Lasioglossum avalonense

Federal: Endangered, CA: Endangered

Endemic to Santa Catalina Island; listed under ESA

Tiny sweat bee, metallic green with minimal body hair. Specialist pollinator of native wildflowers; solitary ground-nester in California.

Plants that support Avalon sweat bee

1 plants

California goldfields

Lasthenia californica

high

annual

Spring wildflower bloom provides essential nectar and pollen for reproductive females

Bay Area native