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Perdita sp.
About 4-5 millimeters in length, colored as shown.
The bee was visiting various wildflowers in a narrow strip along a roadside. Overall habitat nearby is degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
Perdita is an incredibly diverse genus and species identification is essentially impossible from images of wild, living specimens alone.
Spotted on Aug 31, 2013
Submitted on Jan 18, 2014
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