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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 Eutricharaea (Megachile Subgenus Eutricharaea) » Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile rotundata)
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small and bee-like - Megachile rotundata - female
Copyright © 2005 Scott Taylor

small and bee-like - Megachile rotundata - Female
Larimer County, Colorado, USA
June 22, 2005
bee-like robber fly? very small, at a horehound flower.

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small and bee-like - Megachile rotundata - female small and bee-like - Megachile rotundata - female
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Contributed by Scott Taylor on 30 June, 2005 - 1:21am
Last updated 6 August, 2008 - 7:28pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 6 August, 2008 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

Leafcutter bee.
This is a female leafcutter bee in the genus Megachile. If it is pretty small, it could be the alfalfa leafcutter bee, M. rotundata, which was introduced to North America specifically for the pollination of alfalfa.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 June, 2005 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, I believe it is indeed M. rotundata
the narrow white sternal hair bands strongly support this ID
… John S. Ascher, 23 June, 2007 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

 
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