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Leaf-cutting Bee - Megachile - female
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Leaf-cutting Bee - Megachile - Female
Fews Ford Section, Eno River State Park, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 11, 2004
I like the pollen-filled abdominal "basket". Presumably a Megachile species, looking at images from Insects of Cedar Creek. This is a female, judging by the abdominal structure. (See comment below.)

The flowers are Crownbeard, Verbesina occidentalis.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 22 January, 2005 - 10:31am
Last updated 2 July, 2005 - 7:26am

female
Only female Megachile has the jbsc (=jelly belly scopa).
… Adalbert Goertz, 1 July, 2005 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

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