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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter? - Megachile xylocopoides
Copyright © 2006 Carla Finley

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter? - Megachile xylocopoides
Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
March 21, 2006

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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter? - Megachile xylocopoides Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter? - Megachile xylocopoides
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Contributed by Carla Finley on 21 March, 2006 - 10:22am
Last updated 27 May, 2007 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Chuck Entz, 27 May, 2007 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Megachile xylocopoides
male
… John S. Ascher, 23 September, 2006 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

 
xylocopoides
Thanks John! Sean said perhaps they were.
… Carla Finley, 24 September, 2006 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

...
I see these same bees all the time in Vero. They are pretty tough to get on film.
I do not know what they are, but perhaps are M. xylocopoides. They just look lighter colored than the ones in the guide.
Here is one of mine that looks similar to yours:.
And here is one that is completely different:
At the end of the day, I just don't know. The way to proceed of course is to get a good key, a killing jar, some pins and a net....
Bugguide has made me lazy and spared some bugs as well.
-Sean McCann


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… Sean McCann, 21 March, 2006 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

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