Euphorb Mini-Fairy Bee

Perdita minima

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Andrenidae

Perdita minima is a species of mining bee in the family Andrenidae. It is the smallest known species of bee, just under 2 mm long and weighing about 0. 33 mg.

Distribution

Euphorb Mini-Fairy Bee — (c) Jess Mullins, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 29

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jess Mullins, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPerdita minima, Wikipedia contributors

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