Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.
Seems to be using resin.
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Seems to be using resin to close nest in bee hotel
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On spruce stump
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Hanging out on a bee hotel
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
12 mm
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump.
Length 10 mm
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)
No lower level information