<em>Perdita rhodogastra</em> Desert Bee Collects Pollen (VIDEO)

Utah State University

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Perdita rhodogastra is gathering pollen from Tiquilia latior. Desert bee of the Perdita genus collecting pollen from a matted crinklemat plant near southern California's Salton Sea. Utah State University entomologist Zach Portman reports new, newly identified species of the bee genus in the Dec. 23, 2016, issue of 'Zootaxa.'

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