Native Plants to Australia

This Newly Discovered ‘Lucifer’ Bee From Australia Was Named

I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 2d

This Newly Discovered ‘Lucifer’ Bee From Australia Was Named After Its Devil-Like Horns

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Bees with 'devil-like horns' found in wildflowers by Australian researchers

Orange County Register

Exploring the exotic wonders of Australian Native Plants nursery

If you wanted to create a garden of nothing but Australian plants, you would have a cornucopia of beauties from which to choose. You could find ground covers, shrubs, and trees that flower ...

Mongabay News on MSN

Newly described ‘lucifer’ bee found visiting critically endangered plant in Australia

By Shreya Dasgupta In 2019, researcher Kit Prendergast was surveying the insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the ...

Scientific American

Australian Plant Species Face ‘Imminent Extinction’ from Invasive Pathogen

For Australia’s native guava, death came in the form of a fungus. Just 10 years ago, a virulent strain of the fungus Austropuccinia psidii arrived in New South Wales. First observed in Hawaii in ...

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