<em>Perdita scutellaris</em> Gathering Pollen from <em>Tiquilia</em> flower (VIDEO)

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

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