[8][10] Augochlorella aurata is found throughout the United States, clustering mostly around the east coast and spreading westward.

A. aurata inhabits the range furthest north in the Augochlorini tribe which is primarily distributed in the Neotropical region.

[12] The tribe Augochlorini has eight described fossil species from Dominican amber and date back to the Early Miocene, estimated to be 20.44 to 30.82 million years ago.

The first-brood females become non-reproductively active workers, and the foundress stops all foraging to become the primary reproductive or the queen.

[16][15] Although most A. aurata will roughly stick to this colony cycle, some studies show occasional exceptions with some individuals going through the worker phase more than once or becoming completely solitary.

[16] Augochlorella aurata is a polylectic forager meaning they visit many different plant species to collect pollen for feeding.

have been observed visiting a variety of horticulturally significant crops including apple, blueberry, cantaloupe, coffee, cranberry, pepper, tomato, and watermelon.