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Prickly pear goblin bee
Macrotera opuntiae
Macrotera opuntiae, the sandstone mining bee, is a species of bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in North America. As the specific name suggests, these bees are pollinators of Opuntia cacti.
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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 571645.