Giant resin bee. Macrophotograph of the head of a giant resin bee (Megachile sculpturalis). This is a leaf cutting bee native to Japan and China, and

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Giant resin bee. Macrophotograph of the head of a giant resin bee (Megachile sculpturalis). This is a leaf cutting bee native to Japan and China, and an invasive species in North America. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other species.

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Size: 4919px × 3594px
Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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