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Leafcutter? - Megachile - male
Copyright © 2004 Kildale

Leafcutter? - Megachile - Male
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 7 November, 2006 - 8:07pm

Moved
Moved from Digger bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 November, 2006 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

yes, its a Megachile leafcutter male
likely M. (Xanthosarus) perihirta
… John S. Ascher, 25 September, 2006 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Megachile sp.
Leafcutter is probably correct. I see two submarginal cells. Not Melissodes.
… Adalbert Goertz, 21 June, 2005 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

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).
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 September, 2004 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee
Thanks for answering the call Eric.
… Kildale, 4 September, 2004 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

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