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"Buzz bee"

Exomalopsis

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Field Notes

Description:

With the body in the shape of a "C", wrap the anther of the tomato flower and vibrate the chest to obtain the pollen ("buzz pollination"). Interesting that you can differentiate from other bees by this noise.

Habitat:

My backyard

Reference Links:

Buzz pollination - Wikipedia, https://www.locus.ufv.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/11855/texto%20completo.pdf?…

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