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Least fairy bee

Perdita minima

Specimen No. 15
Perdita minima
South-west USA

Least fairy bee (Perdita minima)
Photo: USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory from Beltsville, USA, Public domain, Commons
Where
South-west USA
Group
Solitary bees
Fact
The smallest known bee: just under 2 mm long and about a third of a milligram. (Photo shows its relative Perdita luteola.) Wikipedia

Perdita minima is known as the world's smallest bee, at about 2 mm long. USGS

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