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Subgenus Xanthosarus (Megachile Subgenus Xanthosarus)
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Western Leafcutter Bee (Megachile perihirta)
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Copyright © 2004
Kildale
Leafcutter? -
Megachile perihirta
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 29, 2004
Would appreciate any info on this bee. Looks like the California Leafcutting Bee but it doesn't quite look the same as the one in my field guide. Where is Bug Eric?
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Contributed by
Kildale
on 3 September, 2004 - 11:18pm
Last updated 8 November, 2009 - 10:36pm
Moved
Moved from
Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees
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John S. Ascher
, 8 November, 2009 - 10:36pm
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Moved
Moved from
Digger bees
.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 7 November, 2006 - 8:07pm
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yes, its a Megachile leafcutter male
likely M. (Xanthosarus) perihirta
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John S. Ascher
, 25 September, 2006 - 8:15pm
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Megachile sp.
Leafcutter is probably correct. I see two submarginal cells. Not Melissodes.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 21 June, 2005 - 6:01pm
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Hard to say
Wow, this is tough. I don't think it is a megachilid. It looks like a male, which makes it even tougher because so many male bees resemble each other superficially....Reminds me more of a Melissodes sp., or something in that subfamily (Anthophorinae, in Apidae).
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Eric R. Eaton
, 4 September, 2004 - 10:58pm
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Bee
Thanks for answering the call Eric.
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Kildale
, 4 September, 2004 - 11:40pm
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