Today’s letter U is for Urohalictus, a subgenus of the sweat bee genus Lasioglossum. I had to dig deep for this one, as U words for bees are few and far between. According to Wikipedia, Lasioglossum is the largest of the bee genera, with over 1800 species. They are part of the family Halictidae, which is perhaps where the name Urohalictus derives from.

Finding a picture of this bee proved somewhat impossible. I thought perhaps iNaturalist would have them, and while they do show the subgenus, no pictures are available. I then remembered that I’d seen Halictidae bees in my yard, and dug out an old post A good beginning is Halicidae the battle. That post has a number of pictures, including the following. Not our Urohalictus bee, but at least it is a Halictidae.

May you prosper and find honey.