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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

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small and bee-like - Megachile rotundata - female small and bee-like - Megachile rotundata - female
Contributed by Scott Taylor on 30 June, 2005 - 1:22am
Last updated 6 August, 2008 - 7:28pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 6 August, 2008 - 7:28pm

Female leafcutter bee.
This is a female leafcutter bee in the genus Megachile. Note the scopa (pollen-collecting hairs) on the UNDERSIDE OF THE ABDOMEN, a trait shared by all female megachilids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 June, 2005 - 12:03pm

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