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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees
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Genus Megachile (Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
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Megachile is a large, cosmopolitan genus of bees with more than 1500 species and 50 subgenera worldwide. There are 1520 species in North America in 16 subgenera.
Megachile angelarum, 25 Aug 2022
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Key to Megachile in Canada and Alaska
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Megachile frigida (Frigid Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile rotundata (Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
On basil flowers
Megachile sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile sp.
On oregano flowers
Megachile perihirta
Visiting Lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Megachile pugnata (Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile frigida (Frigid Leafcutter Bee)
From Malaise trap.\n13 mm
Megachile angelarum
3 Aug 2022
Megachile angelarum
3 Aug 2022
Captured leaving hole in spruce stump.
10 mm
Megachile angelarum
Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.\nSeems to be using resin.
Megachile angelarum
Seems to be using resin to close nest in bee hotel
Megachile angelarum
Hanging out on a bee hotel
Megachile angelarum
On spruce stump
Megachile angelarum
caught leaving hole in spruce stump, 12 mm
Megachile (Chelostomoides)
Megachile rotundata (Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile angelarum
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump. Length 10 mm
Megachile pugnata (Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump. Length 17 mm
Megachile melanophaea (Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile (Xanthosarus)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
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Megachile angelarum, 25 Aug 2022
VIDEO
Links
Key to Megachile in Canada and Alaska
iNaturalist
Wikipedia
BugGuide
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Megachile angelarum
Megachile pugnata (Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile rotundata (Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile frigida (Frigid Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile melanophaea (Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile perihirta
Taxonomy Subclass:
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Suborder:
Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
Infraorder:
Aculeata (Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily:
Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps)
Family:
Megachilidae (Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees)
Genus:
Megachile (Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
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