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Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile) - Megachile inermis - female
Copyright © 2005 Naomi Smith

Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile) - Megachile inermis - Female
Ontario, Canada
August 29, 2005
Size: 1/2 inch approximately
This little bee seems to collect pollen beneath it's abdomen.
Contributed by Naomi Smith on 31 August, 2005 - 11:52am
Last updated 24 March, 2008 - 2:03pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 24 March, 2008 - 2:03pm

Megachile (Megachile) inermis
female

note long vertex
… John S. Ascher, 12 August, 2007 - 8:07pm

Female leafcutter bee.
Gorgeous image of a female leafcutter bee, Naomi:-) She's in the genus Megachile. You are correct, she does collect pollen in a brush of hairs beneath her abdomen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 August, 2005 - 12:28pm

 
Bee on Flower
Thanks again Eric. I don't know if this is the correct forum to ask, but how can you tell that it is a female. I am so looking forward to your book.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 31 August, 2005 - 3:50pm

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