leafcutter bee on dung - Megachile petulans

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leafcutter bee on dung - Megachile petulans -

At the Bernheim Arboretum near Louisville, Kentucky, USA
August 29, 2012

Several of these bees were on dung, in the prairie of Bernheim Arboretum.

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leafcutter bee on dung - Megachile petulans - female

Contributed by Debbie Goedde on 10 February, 2013 - 4:59pm
Last updated 2 March, 2014 - 1:18am

Moved

Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.

… John S. Ascher, 2 March, 2014 - 1:18am

Megachile petulans

Thanks so much for the positive ID.

… Debbie Goedde, 2 March, 2014 - 11:25am

Moved

Moved from Leaf-cutter Bees, Mason Bees, and allies.

… John S. Ascher, 13 February, 2013 - 3:50pm

Megachile female

petulans?

… John S. Ascher, 13 February, 2013 - 3:50pm

Megachile

I checked the images of M. petulans and on somebody's image you note the gray hairs on T6. If the hairs on T6 of my images qualify as gray then I think it is M. petulans..my image is fuzzy so hard to tell for sure. Thanks so much for the help.

… Debbie Goedde, 14 February, 2013 - 12:09pm

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