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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 Xanthosarus (Megachile Subgenus Xanthosarus) » Broad-handed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile latimanus)
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Strange bee - Megachile latimanus - male
Copyright © 2006 Pamela Martin

Strange bee - Megachile latimanus - Male
Thomasburg, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
August 20, 2006
Size: 1.25-1.5 cm
This first struck me as a ball of fuzz moving oddly. On closer inspection it turned out to be either a bee or a mimic. Strangest feature to me, the thick, fuzzy forelegs and yellow eyes.

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Strange bee - Megachile latimanus - male Strange bee - Megachile latimanus - male
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Contributed by Pamela Martin on 21 August, 2006 - 1:18pm
Last updated 23 April, 2007 - 4:04pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 April, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Megachile (Xanthosarus) latimanus Say
male; similar M. frigida would have dark front tibiae
… John S. Ascher, 26 September, 2006 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Male leafcutter bee.
These are nice shots of a male leafcutter bee, genus Megachile. Some species have those furry front legs:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 August, 2006 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks very much. Such an interesting bee--and I had no idea where to start trying to figure out what it was!
… Pamela Martin, 21 August, 2006 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

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