Scientists surveying an endangered wildflower in Australia chanced upon a unique creature instead – a new bee species they decided to name “Lucifer” because of its tiny devil-like “horns”.
The bee, Megachile Lucifer, was discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields when scientists were surveying a critically endangered wildflower which grows only in the Bremer Range region between the towns of Norseman and Hyden. Researchers noticed the bee was visiting both the endangered wildflower and a nearby mallee tree.
