Plasterer bee. Macrophotograph of a plasterer bee (Geodiscelis longiceps). This tiny species was first discovered in 2004 in the arid areas of the Ata

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Plasterer bee. Macrophotograph of a plasterer bee (Geodiscelis longiceps). This tiny species was first discovered in 2004 in the arid areas of the Atacama in northern Chile, where it uses its very long tongue to feed on nectar from the flowers of crinklemat plants (genus Tiquilia). 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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Size: 5559px × 3142px
Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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