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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 Argyropile (Megachile Subgenus Argyropile) » Megachile parallela
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Megachile - Megachile parallela - male
Copyright © 2013 Sarah Miller

Megachile - Megachile parallela - Male
Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA
July 5, 2013
Megachile, but not sure of the species. Could it be M. brevis?
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Contributed by Sarah Miller on 5 July, 2013 - 7:22pm
Last updated 28 February, 2014 - 10:46pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 28 February, 2014 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Emargination of T6 too big for brevis sensu lato
Resembles parallela
… John S. Ascher, 28 February, 2014 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

male
please update the sex
… John S. Ascher, 7 July, 2013 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, it is updated.
Thank you, it is updated.
… Sarah Miller, 7 July, 2013 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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