Common Green Furrow Bee vs Triatoma brasiliensis

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Common Green Furrow Bee Triatoma brasiliensis
Scientific Name Lasioglossum malachurum Triatoma brasiliensis
Order Hymenoptera Hemiptera
Family Halictidae Reduviidae
Size 7-9 mm 22-26 mm
Habitat Farmland Farmland
Diet Nectar Feeders Blood Feeders
Regions Europe, North Africa, Western Asia Northeastern Brazil
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Common Green Furrow Bee

A small, primitively eusocial sweat bee in which a single queen overwinters and founds a colony with successive worker broods. It has a bronzy-green head and thorax.

💡

Did You Know?

Colonies can have over 100 workers by late summer, making it one of the most social of all halictid bees.

Triatoma brasiliensis

The most important Chagas disease vector in the semi-arid Caatinga region of northeastern Brazil. It thrives in rocky outcrops and stone wall crevices.

💡

Did You Know?

Its ability to colonize both natural rock habitats and human dwellings makes it extremely difficult to eradicate.