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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Broad-faced Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum platycephalum

Near Threatened

About

A rare and distinctive European furrow bee with an unusually broad, flattened head. It nests in sandy or gravelly soils and has become scarce throughout much of its range.

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Did You Know?

Its flattened head shape is thought to be an adaptation for more efficiently excavating nest tunnels in compacted sandy soil.