Tag: saltmarsh aster

• Eight-spotted fairy bee (Perdita octomaculata)

  Andrenidae > Perdita > Perdita octomaculata Eight-spotted fairy bee (Perdita octomaculata) is a habitat specialist, found in seas of sand and asters. Search for this tiny, distinctive bee near deep sand like coastal dunes or inland sand quarries where you will find males and females on goldenrods and asters. This species is by far the…

  Bee Watching

  January 13, 2023

  Perdita, Species Page

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