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More than 1500 species of the wild flora and fauna of Zihuatanejo.
All photographs were taken in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and the surrounding area.
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Bees of Zihuatanejo
EPIFAMILY ANTHOPHILA
Squash Bees
Genus Peponapis
Females forage at the flowers of squashes, pumpkins and gourds, their sole pollen hosts. Squash bees are non-social but sometimes gregarious ground-nesters. Every female digs her own nest. In contrast to like-sized honeybees, female squash bees carry their pollen dry in a brush of hairs on their hind legs.
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