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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Tormus Bee

Perdita minima

About

The smallest known bee in the world at under 2 mm in length. It is a solitary ground-nesting species found in the southwestern US deserts.

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Did You Know?

It is so tiny that it could comfortably fit inside the letter O on a printed page.