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Adorable small light yellow bee... - Perdita
Copyright © 2013 Gary Griswold

Adorable small light yellow bee... - Perdita
27.5 miles W. Teec Nos Pos, Apache County, Arizona, USA
June 25, 2013
Size: ~ 4mm
Collected on desert bush with small white flowers, help appreciated...

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Adorable small light yellow bee... - Perdita Adorable small light yellow bee... - Perdita
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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 22 October, 2013 - 2:16pm
Last updated 30 August, 2014 - 1:33am

Moved
Moved from Perdita.
… John S. Ascher, 30 August, 2014 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

Perdita Male
This is a currently undescribed species in the Octomaculata group of the subgenus Perdita.

It appears to be a pollen specialist on the plant Parryella filifolia and the bee currently has the manuscript name Perdita filifoliae.
… Zach Portman, 11 March, 2014 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 22 October, 2013 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much..
Dr. Ascher, appreciate the help....
… Gary Griswold, 23 October, 2013 - 3:56am login or register to post comments

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