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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 Megachile (Megachile Subgenus Megachile) » Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis)
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unknown bee - Megachile centuncularis - female
Copyright © 2007 Gary McDonald

unknown bee - Megachile centuncularis - Female
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
September 3, 2007
Size: ~8mm.
Got only one shot of this guy, anybody know what it might be?
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 9 October, 2007 - 7:31pm
Last updated 14 December, 2009 - 9:50pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 14 December, 2009 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

appears to be M. centuncularis
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… John S. Ascher, 14 December, 2009 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

Megachilidae
Seeing how it's carrying the pollen under the abdomen rather than on the legs, I'd say this is a Leaf-Cutter Bee in the family Megachilidae. John or someone else will be able to give you a better ID.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 9 October, 2007 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Megachile sp.
No arolia between claws.
… Adalbert Goertz, 10 October, 2007 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
yes
a Megachile female
… John S. Ascher, 10 October, 2007 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I've moved it to the Megachile page.
… Gary McDonald, 10 October, 2007 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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