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This Newly Discovered ‘Lucifer’ Bee From Australia Was Named After Its Devil-Like Horns
“The taxonomist who describes a new species gets to name it,” Prendergast tells Jennifer Hassan at the Washington Post. After ...
The newly identified Megachile lucifer highlights conservation concerns as it was found in mining-vulnerable habitat ...
The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” ...
The female bee's upward-pointing horns could be used to access flowers, compete for resources, and defend nests, researchers ...
A devil-horned bee discovered in Western Australia sheds light on how little we still know about native pollinators. A newly ...
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Newly described ‘lucifer’ bee found visiting critically endangered plant in Australia
By Shreya Dasgupta In 2019, researcher Kit Prendergast was surveying the insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the ...
A new species of bee has been identified in Australia, according to a new study. Megachile lucifer was named for its distinct ...
“I was super excited to find it,” said Kit Prendergast, a native bee scientist who discovered the insect in 2019 as she ...
Scientists discover Megachile lucifer, a new Australian bee with tiny, devil-like horns that may help it dig, pack, and ...
The discovery of a new "lucifer" bee with devil-like horns sparks concerns over land clearing regulations in WA's Goldfields ...
Scientists have found a new native bee that they’ve dubbed the Lucifer bee. Megachile Lucifer was found by a researcher as ...
A striking new bee species with tiny devil-like horns has been discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields, offering fresh ...
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