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unknown - Perdita bequaerti
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

unknown - Perdita bequaerti
st. pete, pinellas County, Florida, USA
April 28, 2008
These guys would feed on something (nectar or pollen?) from the flowers center, then rest for a while on a pedal as pictured here and then repeat.
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 28 April, 2008 - 8:33pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 8:40pm

Moved
Moved from Perdita.
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Halictini.
… John S. Ascher, 17 November, 2009 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

Perdita (Cockerellia) bequaerti Viereck, 1917
male

note flexed apical third of mandible

also face pattern. Compare:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_SD3136&res=640
… John S. Ascher, 17 November, 2009 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

Halictid (sweat bee)...
Based on what can be seen here, this is most likely in the subfamily Halictinae.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/174661
… Ross Hill, 6 June, 2008 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

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