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Is the 90 degree abdomen some behaviour to get the pollen in the underneath brushes?
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I guess it is, but I don't think I have seen M. willughbiella lift it's tail so high.
I wonder if it's to do with the type of flower they would visit to collect pollen? Or maybe they don't want to collect pollen so lift their tail higher?
I have a pic from last year of one collecting pollen from a species Campanula, it didn't need to lift it's tail for that.