Kit Prendergast, the Scientist who discovered & named this far out looking bee has done much cutting edge & exciting work on AU bees

But my favorite thing she’s done is naming a new species of bee after her dog Zephyr (Leioproctus zephyrus)

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Devil-Horned 'Lucifer' Bee: New Species Found in Australian Goldfields In the expansive, sunbaked goldfields of Western Australia, a new creature has emerged from the dense undergrowth, its very existence a startling reminder of

Devil-Horned 'Lucifer' Bee: New Species Found in Australian Goldfields

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