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Leaf-cutter Bee on Carolina Redroot (7450476432)

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Description: A little leaf-cutter bee goes bottoms up for nectar on a Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) blossom. It's a perfect fit as the bee's pollen-collecting belly (scopa) rests upon on a stamen. The bee gets her reward and the pollen is carried to another plant. Juno Dunes Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida. Date: 13 June 2012, 08:53. Source: Leaf-cutter Bee on Carolina Redroot Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!. Camera location26° 52′ 18.66″ N, 80° 03′ 43.5″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 26.871851; -80.062083.

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