Sweat bee. Macrophotograph of the head of a sweat bee (Nomia sp.). Sweat bees are so called because they are often attracted to perspiration. This mal

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Sweat bee. Macrophotograph of the head of a sweat bee (Nomia sp.). Sweat bees are so called because they are often attracted to perspiration. This male bee has dangling modified heart-shaped segments at the end of its antennae. 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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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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