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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 Sayapis (Megachile Subgenus Sayapis)
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Megachilid bee - genus? - Megachile - female
Copyright © 2004 Peter May

Megachilid bee - genus? - Megachile - Female
Central, Florida, USA
July 2, 2004
I'm confident (fairly) on the family. I'm guessing its in the genus Megachile. Confirm?
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Contributed by Peter May on 22 July, 2004 - 8:42am
Last updated 28 January, 2013 - 8:04pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 13 December, 2009 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Megachile
can't ID to species, but possibly in the Chalicodoma group
… Doug Yanega, 3 November, 2005 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
more likely subgenus Sayapis
note host plant

policaris?
… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2009 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

Leafcutter bee
You are correct on the family, but the genus is harder to ascertain. If it is at least half an inch, it probably is Megachile. Smaller than that and it could be Megachile, Heriades, or Hoplitis:-) All members of the family share the ventral pollen brush (as opposed to the pollen "baskets" on the legs of other kinds of bees).
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 July, 2004 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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