Rare leafcutter bee fossils reveal Ice Age environment at the La Brea Tar Pits
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2014 - The La Brea Tar Pits, the world's richest and most important Ice Age fossil locality, is most celebrated for it collection of saber-toothed cats and mammoths. The site's lesser known, but equally vast insect collection, is also of great significance. Recent examination of fossil leafcutter bee nest cells containing pupae, led by Anna R. Holden of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles C ... more

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