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  15. ›Perdita
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Mojave Poppy Bee

Perdita meconis

Perdita meconis, the Mojave poppy bee, is a rare bee species that was described in 1993. The Mojave poppy bee has been petitioned for protection under the Endangered Species Act due to pressures in their native range such as invasive species, habitat fragmentation, gypsum mining, and climate change....

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 227456.