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Eight-spotted Miner Bee (Perdita octomaculata)
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Copyright © 2006
Bill Claff
Species Perdita octomaculata -
Perdita octomaculata
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Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
September 30, 2006
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Contributed by
Bill Claff
on 9 October, 2006 - 11:19am
Last updated 9 October, 2006 - 4:55pm
Perdita octomaculata
female; Perdita females have short scopal hairs because they use moisture to stick the large pollen load to the hind tibia; males have yellow maculations of T5
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John S. Ascher
, 9 October, 2006 - 3:04pm
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Thanks John
I'm learning slowly. So lack of pollen just means she hasn't collected any yet.
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Bill Claff
, 9 October, 2006 - 3:10pm
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or she groomed it all off
after her latest collecting trip
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John S. Ascher
, 21 September, 2008 - 2:37pm
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