Cross-mandibled Bee
by Us Geological Survey
Title
Cross-mandibled Bee
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Us Geological Survey
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Cross-mandibled bee. Macrophotograph of a very small cross-mandibled bee (Chiasmognathus cf gussakovskii) on a pin. This is a species of parasitic bee, which invades the nests of other small bees of the genus Nomioides. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species.
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July 27th, 2016
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