Australian bee. Macrophotograph of an Australian ground-nesting bee (Stenotritus pubescens). This is an extremely fast flying sand-nesting bee belongi

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Australian bee. Macrophotograph of an Australian ground-nesting bee (Stenotritus pubescens). This is an extremely fast flying sand-nesting bee belonging to the family Stenotritidae, found only in Australia. 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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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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