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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Leafcutter and Resin Bees (Megachile) » Subgenus Litomegachile (Megachile Subgenus Litomegachile)
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Leafcutter Bee - Megachile - male
Copyright © 2016 Jatai

Leafcutter Bee - Megachile - Male
Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, USA
October 17, 2016
Size: 9mm
Is this a male Megachile brevis? It has two of the characters for this species set forth in the Discover Life database – a band of white hair on T-5 and parallel-sided front tibia. These traits, according to the DL database, distinguish M. brevis from M. texana and M. mendica? This bee was feeding on wild asters.

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Contributed by Jatai on 17 October, 2016 - 6:36pm
Last updated 17 October, 2016 - 7:56pm

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